Rural Municipality of Franklin

The Rural Municipality of Franklin is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 22, 1883.[1] It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Town of Emerson to form the Municipality of Emerson – Franklin.[2]

This article is about the former rural municipality in Manitoba. For its successor, see Municipality of Emerson - Franklin. For the community in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale, see Franklin, Manitoba.

The RM was located in the southeastern part of the province, along the border with the state of Minnesota in the United States. The 2006 Census reported a population of 1,768 persons, a slight decrease from the 1,781 reported in the 2001 Census.

Geography

According to Statistics Canada, the former RM had an area of 953.34 km² (368.09 sq mi).

Adjacent municipalities

References
  1. "Manitoba's Municipal History: Rural Municipalities and Local Government Districts". The Manitoba Historical Society. September 21, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  2. "Manitoba's Municipal History: Municipal Amalgamations (2015)". The Manitoba Historical Society. December 1, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

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