Franklin

Franklin, county, northwestern Massachusetts, U.S., bordered by New Hampshire and Vermont to the north. It consists of a mountainous, forested region bisected north-south by the Connecticut River. Other waterways include the Deerfield, Millers, and Falls rivers and part of Quabbin Reservoir, one of the world’s largest impoundments of high-quality water. More than a dozen state forests provide habitat for upland wildlife. Pocumtuc Indians clashed with European settlers in the region from about 1670 to 1735....