{"id":8380,"date":"2023-09-25T21:47:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T21:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8380"},"modified":"2026-08-15T06:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:36:37","slug":"franklin-county-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/franklin-county-vermont\/","title":{"rendered":"Franklin County, Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"

Franklin County is a county in Vermont, United States, and its northern line is the international border with the Canadian province of Quebec. It had a population of 49,946 at the 2020 census and covers 692 square miles (1,790 km2), of which 634 square miles (1,640 km2) is land and 58 square miles (150 km2) is water, centred near 44°51′N 72°55′W.<\/p>\n

St. Albans is the county seat; its postal code is 05478. The county holds one city, fourteen towns and two incorporated villages, plus a scatter of unincorporated hamlets and crossroads. Franklin County sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Franklin County<\/h2>\n

Seventeen named places are listed below: one city, fourteen towns and two incorporated villages that sit inside larger towns. Vermont has no county-level townships — the towns themselves are the primary unit of local government, so no separate township table follows this one. Population figures that could not be independently confirmed for this rewrite are marked with a dash rather than guessed.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
St. Albans City<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05478<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St. Albans Town<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05478<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bakersfield<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05441<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berkshire<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05447<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enosburgh<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enosburg Falls<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fairfax<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05454<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fairfield<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05455<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fletcher<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Franklin<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05457<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgia<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Highgate<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05459<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montgomery<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05471<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richford<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05476<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sheldon<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05483<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swanton<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05488<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swanton Village<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n05488<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

St. Albans City and St. Albans Town are two separate municipalities that share a name and border each other — the city is the county seat and a wholly independent municipal government, the town surrounds it. Enosburg Falls and Swanton Village are incorporated villages inside the larger towns of Enosburgh and Swanton respectively; each keeps its own village government for water, sewer and streets while the surrounding town handles the rest.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n