Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Franklin came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Franklin in various books, articles, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Franklin. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Franklin data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Franklin:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Franklin is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Franklin in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Franklin for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Franklin. See our Misc Page for Franklin for more information.