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Welcome to Franklin Park ...The village of Franklin Park is located in Cook County<1>. The location of Franklin Park has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Franklin Park: FRANK-lin<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Franklin Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Franklin Park has a population of 17,612 people<4> (see below for details). Franklin Park is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Franklin Park lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Franklin Park: (847) and (224)<6> The ZIP code for Franklin Park: 60131<7> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Franklin Park had an population of 17,612 people. This is a decrease of 3.93% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 9.38% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Franklin Park had a population of 18,333 people. This makes Franklin Park the county's 46th most populous community. The population of Franklin Park represents 0.14% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 138th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 18,333 people, the population of Franklin Park decreased 5.67% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 19,434 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Franklin Park. Communities Also Named Franklin Park ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Franklin Park - they are located in Florida (2), Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey (2), New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Franklin Park. Communities near Franklin Park ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Franklin Park.
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 Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Franklin Park. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Franklin Park. 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 Park. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Franklin Park. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Franklin Park. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Franklin Park ...Looking for more information about Franklin Park? 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 Franklin Park, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Franklin Park. Adding Franklin Park to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Franklin Park 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 Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Franklin Park in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Franklin Park. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Franklin Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.il.us/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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