Franklin, Mississippi | |
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.jpg) Franklin Church, built 1841 | |
  Franklin  Franklin | |
| Coordinates: 33°02′09″N 90°00′07″W / 33.03583°N 90.00194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Holmes |
| Elevation | 331 ft (101 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 39095 |
| Area code | 662 |
| GNIS feature ID | 670157[1] |
Franklin is an unincorporated community located in Holmes County, Mississippi.[1] Mississippi Highway 17 passes through Franklin, which is approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Lexington, the county seat, and approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of the town of Pickens.
This was long an area of cotton plantations. In the antebellum era, labor was provided by thousands of enslaved African Americans. After the war, many freedmen continued to work the land as sharecroppers and tenant farmers.