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Franklin is a city in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was estimated 7,212 at the 2000 census. Franklin is located at 41.395032, -79.833538. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.2 km² (4.7 mi²). 12.0 km² (4.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (1.70%) is water.

Attractions:
Applefest is a yearly three-day festival held in Franklin, Pennsylvania that starts the first Friday of October that attracts over 30,000 people. The three-day event is the largest crafts festival in western Pennsylvania. The festival includes an apple pancake breakfast, apple-pie-baking and -eating contests, a 5K race, an car show, and more than 300 craft and vendor booths

DeBence Antique Music World is a museum in Franklin, Pennsylvania whose collection contains more than 100 antique mechanical musical instruments, including music boxes, calliopes, player pianos, and automated brass bands that date from the mid-1800s to the 1940s; as well as a number of other antiques.

The Franklin Silver Cornet Band, formed in 1856, is one of the oldest volunteer community bands in the United States. The band plays concerts throughout the summer months in Franklin, Pennsylvania as well as an indoor concert in Franklin's Barrow-Civic Theatre the day after Thanksgiving.

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