Franklin is a city in Heard County, Georgia, and its county seat, located in west-central Georgia near the Alabama state line. The 2020 census counted 950 residents. The city stands along the Chattahoochee River, which forms Heard County's western boundary, and was named in honor of Benjamin Franklin. Historians believe the site was home to an earlier Creek settlement also called Chattahoochee, giving the community a long history that predates its formal founding. Franklin developed as a small agricultural and government center, with a courthouse square that anchors the city and a surrounding landscape of rolling farmland and pine woods. The Chattahoochee River shapes the western edge of the county, and the river's recreational and scenic value is part of the area's identity, from fishing and paddling to the riverfront views along the county's western roads. The city is small and close-knit, and Heard County's modest population of roughly 11,400 residents gives Franklin a distinctly rural, unhurried character. Heard County School District is based in Franklin, serving about 2,200 students across six schools, and the district is a central institution for families across the county. Franklin's location near Interstate 85 places it within reach of Newnan, LaGrange, and Carrollton for employment and shopping, while Atlanta lies roughly 60 miles to the northeast. The Chattahoochee River and nearby West Point Lake provide recreation, and the county's rural landscape offers acreage and quiet that larger nearby communities cannot match. For residents, Franklin offers county-seat stability, a historic river-town setting, and a small-town pace within commuting distance of west Georgia's growing corridor.