Since 1856, there have been many changes made in the boundaries of townships, until they have assumed their present limits. The lower tier of townships of Osceola, Grant, Lee and Oakland were surveyed soon after by another crew and the lines separating the rest were done at a later date, roughly 1851 or 1852. Washington township included Ingham, Mott, Washington, Marion, West Fork, Clinton, Ross and Richland, being the same size as Reeve. Reeve comprised the present townships of Osceola, Grant, Lee, Geneva, Reeve and Hamilton and was twelve miles north and south, and eighteen miles east and west. Morgan township was comprised of the territory now embraced in the townships of Morgan, Oakland, Scott and Wisner, being twenty-four miles north and south, and six miles east and west. Marsh had a surveying contract, in pursuance of which about the 20th of August 1849, began running the township lines of this county finishing in the latter part of September 1849. The new county was called Franklin for Benjamin Franklin, although it remained nameless from its creation in 1851 until 1855.įranklin County was the 5th county west of the Mississippi in the 3rd tier from the northern boundary of the state, lying between the 93rd and 94th meridians.
Until that time there were not enough settlers in the vicinity to hold an election therefore Franklin County was attached to Hardin and Chickasaw counties for judicial and civil purposes. Franklin County was created in 1851 by an act of the State Legislature, but it was not organized until 1855.
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