Franklin is a city in Warren County, Ohio, United States, along the Great Miami River.

The canal followed the Great Miami River through Franklin, and the boat traffic led to new commerce.

The town soon had a pork slaughterhouse, barrel making factory, sawmill, and whiskey distillery.

One chestnut-colored mare, Nightingale, sired by Mambrino and Wood's Hambletonian, set a 3-mile harness racing record of 6:55½ in 1893.

The town continued to prosper, and by 1890, five paper mills were located in Franklin.

The town's economy suffered a setback in 1896, when Franklin's only bank crashed.

A longtime and trusted teller had embezzled vast amounts of money, affecting the fortunes of many individuals and businesses.

When White was arrested, a crowd of 300 gathered outside the Franklin jail intent on lynching him.

Miller, walked into the police station and shot dead one of the prisoners who had allegedly had an affair with his wife a month earlier.

Designed and built by the Black Clawson Company, the plant recycled metals from solid waste, and used recovered paper fibers to make roofing materials.

[11] In 1989, Ronald Peters, a café owner in Franklin, was alleged to be the principal bookmaker for baseball player Pete Rose.

[13] In 2017, Franklin attracted national attention in the week following the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, when the city removed an obscure Confederate marker honoring Robert E. Lee that had existed along the right-of-way of Dixie Highway.

[14][15] The marker had been dedicated in 1927 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in what was at that time a part of Franklin Township.