Bimini real estate is in demand as a second home and vacation home destination for several reasons: 1  Proximity. 2  Bimini is known as the fishing capital of the Bahamas. 3  Bimini is absolutely beautiful as a dive spot continues to attract second home owners since Ernest Hemingway put it on the map.
Franklin, Tennessee. For the historical proposed state in Eastern Tennessee, see State of Franklin. Not to be confused with Franklin County, Tennessee. Franklin is a city in and county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. Located about 21 miles south of Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area.
Maury named the town after national founding father Benjamin Franklin, who was a close friend of Dr. Hugh Williamson, a member of the Continental Congress after whom Williamson County was named. Ewen Cameron built the first European-American house in the town of Franklin. Cameron was born February 23, 1768, in Balgalkan, Ferintosh, Scotland. He emigrated to Virginia in 1785 and from there came to Tennessee.