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Franklin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 155,932. [1] . Its county seat is Chambersburg. [2] Franklin County comprises the Chambersburg–Waynesboro, PA metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
3 days ago · A Great Place to Live. Press Releases and Announcements. Franklin County Rolls Out Crisis Intervention Program For Employees. Franklin County Commissioners Issue Statement On Future Of South Mountain Golf Course. Franklin County Treatment Court Plans Graduation Ceremony For June 27.
- Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park. Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park in Franklin County preserves the birthplace of the James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States.
- Buchanan’s Birthplace Cabin. The cabin James Buchanan was born in is now located on the campus of the Mercersburg Academy, roughly 3 miles east of where it originally stood.
- Historic Mercersburg. Mercersburg was the boyhood home of James Buchanan from ages 6-16. Today you can walk the historic downtown area and see many “footprints” of Buchanan’s past.
- Black-Coffey Caverns. Black-Coffey Caverns is the only cavern system in Pennsylvania accessed through the basement of a private home! Black-Coffey Caverns operated as a “show cave” known as Baker Caverns from 1932 until 1954, then closed, went through a series of owners, and was off limits until recently.
5 days ago · Travel the trails of Franklin County through acres of farmland and forests. Trek back to frontier settlements and forts, stopovers along the Underground Railroad, and sites of Civil War raids and invasions.
About Franklin County. Franklin County is located in south central Pennsylvania midway between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The southern boundary of the County is also the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, also known as the Mason-Dixon Line.
Franklin, county, southern Pennsylvania, U.S., bordered to the south by Maryland and to the west by Tuscarora Mountain. The county, lying almost wholly within the Appalachian Ridge and Valley physiographic province, consists of a broad central valley that rises to mountains in the west and east.
5 days ago · In the 1700s, Franklin County was at the heart of Pennsylvania’s frontier. Scots-Irish, German, and Welsh immigrants settled throughout Franklin County, establishing homesteads and hamlets in Chambersburg, Greencastle, Mercersburg, Shippensburg, and Waynesboro.
