Welcome to Frankfort ...

So far, we found very little information about Frankfort. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Frankfort to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Frankfort, please Contact Us.

Frankfort would have been located within present day Montgomery County<2>.

The location of Frankfort has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Frankfort, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1856.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Frankfort is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Frankfort was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Frankfort still existed, it would have been in the (712) area code.

Communities Also Named Frankfort ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Frankfort - they are located in Alabama, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Maine, Michigan (2), Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Frankfort ...

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

• Red Oak
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
  • Red Oak is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,271 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Oak <5>
• Villisca
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Villisca have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villisca
  • Villisca is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Villisca <5>
• Griswold
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
  • Griswold is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 941 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Griswold <5>
• Essex
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essex have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
  • Essex is located in Page County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Essex <5>
• Stanton
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
  • Stanton is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 648 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanton <5>
• Emerson
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
  • Emerson is located in Mills County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emerson <5>
• Lewis
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Lewis is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewis <5>
• Elliott
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elliott have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
  • Elliott is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elliott <5>
• Macedonia
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
  • Macedonia is located in Pottawattamie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macedonia <5>
• Henderson
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henderson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
  • Henderson is located in Mills County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henderson <5>

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 Frankfort. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Frankfort.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Frankfort. 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 Frankfort.

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

Adding Frankfort to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Frankfort in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Frankfort post office opened in 1856.

We also found Frankfort in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Frankfort.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/