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is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 924 at the 2000 census. Set in the White Mountains, Franconia is home to Franconia Notch State Park. Parts of the White Mountain National Forest are in the east and south. The Appalachian Trail crosses the southern part.
First granted in 1764 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth as Indian Head, the town's settlers were unable to meet the terms of charter, and it was regranted in 1772 by his nephew, Governor John Wentworth, as Morristown. In 1782, the town was renamed Franconia due to the terrain's resemblance to the Frankish Alb in Germany. The town sits on a rich iron deposit, and the region once produced pig iron and bar iron for farm tools and cast iron ware.
The town is home to the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, which rises to the 4,100-foot summit of Cannon Mountain. Built in 1938, it was the first passenger aerial tramway in North America.