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Welcome to Frankfort ...The village of Frankfort is located in Will County<1>. The location of Frankfort has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Frankfort: FRANK-fuhrt<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Frankfort, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Frankfort has a population of 19,341 people<4> (see below for details). Frankfort is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Frankfort lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Frankfort: (815) and (779)<6> The ZIP code for Frankfort: 60423<7> Websites for Frankfort ...Official Website: www.villageoffrankfort.com/ Chamber of Commerce: www.frankfortchamber.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Frankfort had an population of 19,341 people. This is an increase of 8.77% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 86.13% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Frankfort had a population of 17,782 people. This makes Frankfort the county's 10th most populous community. The population of Frankfort represents 0.14% of the population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 143rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 17,782 people, the population of Frankfort increased 71.13% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 10,391 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Frankfort. Communities Also Named Frankfort ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Frankfort: This one is located in Will County and the other is located in Franklin County. Beyond Illinois, there are 23 communities that are also named Frankfort - they are located in Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, 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.
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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Frankfort ...Looking for more information about Frankfort? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Frankfort, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Frankfort. Adding Frankfort to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Frankfort 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 Frankfort was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> For more details, see References and Mentions for Frankfort. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Frankfort: www.villageoffrankfort.com/ The official website for Will County: www.willcountyillinois.com/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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