"Franklin Living" is overflowing with life-long friendships, neighborhood pride and incredible volunteerism. It’s also about an outstanding commitment to the time -honored virtues of an honest day’s work and family life – spiced with a whole lot of recreation and just plain fun. These are the life-enriching things that matter most to us and we look forward to sharing them with you.

Franklin, located in the heart of Johnson county, serves as the county seat. Its location has allowed it to maintain its small town identity and integrity while benefiting from the growth and economy of the Indianapolis MSA.

Several names for this new town were suggested and that of Franklin by Samuel Herriott, a great admirer of Benjamin Franklin, was accepted, and thus another bit of history connected with the founding of Franklin cluster around the dream of George King.

While one of Indiana’s fastest growing cities, Franklin retains the comfortable quality of life so vital to its residents and so welcome to new residents. An art gallery, senior citizen center, and other recreation facilities are offered in Wayne.

The citizens of this fine city are committed to improving the quality of life in Wayne by strengthening our neighborhoods, revitalizing all commercial districts, delivering quality services, embracing the diversity of our citizens and making Franklin a desirable, safe city in which to live, work, raise a family, shop, study, play and grow old.