Notable Events
- The movie premieres of Friday Night Lights and Elizabethtown were held at the Franklin Theatre.
- Film productions shot in Franklin include At Close Range (1986), starring Sean Penn and Christopher Walken; and "One of the Miracles: The Inge Meyring Smith Story" (2010); Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), and Walt Disney Pictures' film The Country Bears (2002), were shot in downtown Franklin as well as various locations in California.
- Flash floods caused by the Harpeth River flooded many northern areas in Franklin in the 2010 Tennessee floods.
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