Welcome to Franklin ...

Franklin is located in Greenlee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Franklin, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

When the people of Franklin refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Franklinite<2>

Franklin is 3,730 feet [1,137 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Franklin is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Franklin lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: While Franklin is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone and does not observe daylight saving time, the area just to the east is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and does..

Franklin is within the boundaries of the (928) area code.

Communities Also Named Franklin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 84 communities that are also named Franklin - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California (4), Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana (2), Nebraska (2), Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey (4), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (3), Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), Quebec, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Vermont, Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin (3).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Franklin.

Communities near Franklin ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Franklin.

• Duncan
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
  • Duncan is located in Greenlee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <4>
• Virden
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virden have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
  • Virden is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
• Sheldon
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
  • Sheldon is located in Greenlee County
• York
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • York is located in Greenlee County
• Whitlock Cienega ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitlock Cienega have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock Cienega
  • Whitlock Cienega is located in Graham County
• Redrock
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redrock
  • Redrock is located in Grant County (NM)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redrock <4>
• Guthrie
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guthrie have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
  • Guthrie is located in Greenlee County
• Clifton
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Clifton is located in Greenlee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,636 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <4>
• Morenci
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morenci
  • Morenci is located in Greenlee County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morenci <4>
• San Simon
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Simon
  • San Simon is located in Cochise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Simon <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Franklin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Franklin.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Franklin. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Franklin.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Franklin. See our Newspapers Page for Franklin.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Franklin ...

Looking for more information about Franklin? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Franklin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Franklin.

Adding Franklin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Franklin in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Franklin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Franklin post office opened in 1905.

We also found Franklin on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Arizona and New Mexico (1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Franklin.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Franklin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Greenlee County: www.co.greenlee.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/