Franklin County/Texas Counties Power Trail #080 Traditional Cache
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Franklin County/Texas Counties Power Trail #080
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8/18/2011
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Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of
Texas. In 2000, its population was 9,458. Although the origin of
the county's name is not recorded, it is generally believed to have
been named after Judge Benjamin C. Franklin. Franklin County is one
of 30 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in the state of Texas.
Its seat is Mount Vernon.
Franklin County is located in northeast Texas, one county removed
from Oklahoma and three counties removed from Arkansas. Mount
Vernon, the county seat, is on Interstate Highway 30 seventy-two
miles southwest of Texarkana and ninety-six miles northeast of
Dallas. With a 2000 population of 2,286, Mount Vernon is the
largest town situated entirely within the boundaries of the county,
but Winnsboro, located in southwestern Franklin and northwestern
Wood counties, had a 2000 population of 3,589. The county's center
lies at 33°09' north latitude and 95°14' west longitude. The county
comprises 294 square miles of the post oak belt and is heavily
wooded; post oak, blackjack oak, and pine trees predominate. The
terrain varies from nearly level to rolling, and the soils are
predominantly loam with clay subsoils. The county is drained by the
Sulphur River, which forms its northern boundary, and Big Cypress
Creek, which runs through the southern portion. Mineral resources
include oil, gas, limestone, and lignite coal. Wildlife native to
the area once included buffalo, bear, deer, beaver, and turkey.
Temperatures range from an average high of 94° F in July to an
average low of 35° in January. Rainfall averages almost forty-five
inches a year, and the growing season averages 234 days
annually.
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