Septic records and services in Franklin, Iowa

In Lee County, Iowa, which covers Franklin, we have measured 4,609 parcels on septic and 10,245 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Franklin on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Franklin is, in the records

Franklin is a city in Lee County, Iowa. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 40.666797, -91.511823 and its land area at 0.16 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the city level, which is why every figure below is attributed to the county and linked back to the county page it came from.

What we hold for the county that covers Franklin

Our collection for Lee County, Iowa is small, at 391 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Franklin property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is genuinely mixed: 4,609 of 14,854 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Franklin address falls on is worth establishing before anything else. The county publishes a records portal that we were able to search without creating an account, which makes checking a specific parcel something you can do yourself in a few minutes.

Start from who you are

Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.

Questions people ask

Does Parcel Perfect have a septic count for Franklin?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Lee County, Iowa, which covers Franklin, we have measured 4,609 parcels on septic and 10,245 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Franklin on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Franklin in?

Franklin is in Lee County, Iowa.

Records and services around Franklin

Other septic questions about Franklin

• Septic records in Franklin

• Lee County septic records — what we hold, and where the county keeps the originals
• Iowa septic regulations — the rules that actually bind here, which no page on this site restates from memory
• Iowa septic records index

ZIP codes that overlap Franklin

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Franklin’s land area that falls in each. A ZIP is not a place boundary and the two only ever partly agree, which is exactly why both pages exist.

• ZIP 52625 (51% of the city)
• ZIP 52656 (49% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Franklin.

• Donnellson — 3.1 mi
• West Point — 4.5 mi
• St. Paul — 7.0 mi
• Fort Madison — 9.2 mi
• Argyle — 9.5 mi
• Houghton — 9.6 mi
• Denmark — 10.2 mi
• Montrose — 10.9 mi
• Farmington — 12.1 mi
• Lowell — 12.2 mi
• Augusta — 13.9 mi
• Salem — 14.0 mi
• Wever — 15.1 mi
• Bonaparte — 15.3 mi
• Hillsboro — 15.7 mi
• Sandusky — 16.1 mi
• Mooar — 16.6 mi
• Danville — 16.9 mi
• Middletown — 17.2 mi
• New London — 18.6 mi
• Keokuk — 18.7 mi
• Oak Hills — 19.9 mi
• Mount Pleasant — 20.5 mi
• Beaverdale — 20.5 mi
• West Burlington — 20.6 mi
• Stockport — 21.4 mi
• Westwood — 21.5 mi
• Mount Sterling — 22.5 mi

Get the septic design for a property here

Parcel Perfect generates a code-shaped septic design and as-built style drawing for a parcel from the records and site data we hold, and shows every parcel we have classified as septic or sewer on one map. Both are open to use for any parcel in Lee County, Iowa.

Open the parcel map and design tool