Franklin County, Illinois

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Franklin County, Illinois is a rural county in southern Illinois known historically for its coal mining communities and small towns such as Benton and West Frankfort.

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Label Occurrences
Franklin County, Illinois canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedByCounty Hamilton County, Illinois NERFINISHED
Jefferson County, Illinois NERFINISHED
Perry County, Illinois NERFINISHED
Saline County, Illinois NERFINISHED
Williamson County, Illinois NERFINISHED
containsSettlement Benton, Illinois NERFINISHED
Christopher, Illinois NERFINISHED
Ewing, Illinois NERFINISHED
Orient, Illinois NERFINISHED
Royalton, Illinois NERFINISHED
Sesser, Illinois NERFINISHED
Valier, Illinois NERFINISHED
West Frankfort, Illinois NERFINISHED
Zeigler, Illinois NERFINISHED
containsWaterBody Rend Lake NERFINISHED
country United States of America
countrySubdivisionOf Illinois NERFINISHED
countySeat Benton, Illinois NERFINISHED
FIPSCode 17-055
GNISID 04288964
hasGovernmentType county government
hasHigherEducationInstitutionNearby Rend Lake College NERFINISHED
hasMajorEconomicSector agriculture
coal mining
service industry
hasPostalAbbreviation IL
hasPublicSchoolDistrict Benton Consolidated High School District 103 NERFINISHED
West Frankfort Community High School District 168 NERFINISHED
hasRecreationArea Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area NERFINISHED
hasRegionCode 618
hasSeatType county seat
historicalIndustry coal mining
isInCongressionalDistrict Illinois's 12th congressional district NERFINISHED
isLandlocked true
isRural true
knownFor coal mining history
small towns
locatedIn Illinois
Southern Illinois NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone America/Chicago NERFINISHED
namedAfter Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED
observesDaylightSavingTime true
partOf Illinois coal mining region NERFINISHED
Midwestern United States
surface form: United States Midwest
state Illinois
timeZone Central Time Zone

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Central Illinois contains Franklin County, Illinois
Zeigler, Illinois, United States county Franklin County, Illinois
subject surface form: Zeigler, Illinois
Zeigler, Illinois, United States locatedIn Franklin County, Illinois
subject surface form: Zeigler, Illinois
Zeigler, Illinois, United States partOf Franklin County, Illinois
subject surface form: Zeigler, Illinois
Zeigler, Illinois, United States hasRegion Franklin County, Illinois
subject surface form: Zeigler, Illinois