Augusta possessed larger parishes and invested more in its buildings than Franklin. Both places were highly churched though their denominations differed.
| Augusta | Franklin | |||||
| Denomination | Number of Churches | Aggregate Accommodations | Value of Property | Number of Churches | Aggregate Accommodations | Value of Property |
| Baptist | 1 | 450 | 8000 | 2 | 1200 | 2400 |
| Baptist (Mennonite) | 1 | 200 | 400 | 6 | 1800 | 2400 |
| Baptist (Seventh Day Adventist) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 400 | 700 |
| Baptist (Tunker) | 4 | 900 | 1800 | 2 | 1100 | 2800 |
| Baptist (Winebrenner) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 450 | 1600 |
| Episcopal | 2 | 1150 | 22500 | 1 | 250 | 1400 |
| German Reformed | 5 | 1200 | 8700 | 19 | 7860 | 58800 |
| Lutheran | 7 | 2400 | 14000 | 11 | 4800 | 42100 |
| Methodist | 21 | 5525 | 27850 | 31 | 9400 | 39250 |
| Presbyterian | 12 | 5800 | 45500 | 7 | 3450 | 22600 |
| Presbyterian (Reformed) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1100 | 2700 |
| Presbyterian (United) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 550 | 3600 |
| Roman Catholic | 1 | 450 | 7000 | 3 | 850 | 14900 |
| Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 460 | 3000 |
| Total | 54 | 18,075 | $135,750 | 92 | 33,670 | $200,650 |
U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census [1860]. Population of the United States in 1860, Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eighth Census. Washington, D. C., 1864.
