Franklin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Crawford County, Kansas, United States.

It is located just off Highway 69 Bypass which is a major corridor between Kansas City and Pittsburg, Ks./Joplin, Mo.

Franklin was a shipping point on the Joplin & Pittsburg electric railroad.

[4] On May 4, 2003, a high-end F4 tornado ripped through Franklin, the path reached over 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide at points.

[8] The 2020 United States census counted 473 people, 173 households, and 117 families in Franklin.

[18][19] Opened on May 1, 2012, the Miner’s Hall Museum was established to preserve and present authentic materials and artifacts that document the history of coal mining and its impact on Southeast Kansas.

[20] One exhibit is of the "Amazon Army", a 1921 protest in which thousands of wives, daughters, mothers, sisters and sweethearts of striking coal miners halted work in the mines for three days.