Formed from Titus County
Created March 8, 1875
Organized April 30, 1875
Named in honor of
Benjamin C. Franklin
1805 – 1873
Hero of San Jacinto
District Judge of the
Republic of Texas.
Member of the . . . — — Map (db m119672) HM
On U.S. 67 at County Road NE2050, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 67.
The picnic area on US 67 in Franklin County is an early roadside park developed by the Texas Highway Department - now Texas Department of Transportation. It was built from 1939-1940 using labor from the National Youth Administration, a Federal Works . . . — — Map (db m120299) HM
On U.S. 67 1.1 miles west of County Road NE2080, on the right when traveling west.
Ambrose Ripley and his wife Rachel (Wood) brought their family to Texas in 1837, settling near here in what was then Red River County. They established their home near the Nacogdoches Road (Cherokee Trace) and a stream now known as Ripley Creek. . . . — — Map (db m119349) HM
On Houston Street at Main Street (U.S. 67), on the right when traveling north on Houston Street.
Oldest business in Mt. Vernon, opened in 1869 by John Griffith Lock Rutherford (1851-1936), Texas-born great grandson of American Revolution general for whom a Tennessee county was named. Young Rutherford began by handling a small line of drugs in . . . — — Map (db m119668) HM
On North Kaufman Street (Texas Route 37) at Main Street (U.S. 67), on the right when traveling west on North Kaufman Street.
The present building was erected in 1910 after a fire destroyed the original M&P bank building. The Merchants & Planters Bank and First National Bank merged in March of 1932, during the national "Great Depression," which began in 1929. The Mount . . . — — Map (db m120193) HM
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