Do you know of New Franklin ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about New Franklin. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with New Franklin.<1> Our sources for New Franklin (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of New Franklin other than they indicate that New Franklin would be found somewhere in Wayne County, Illinois. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1849 and closed in 1878. Communities Also Named New Franklin ...We found four communities that share the name New Franklin. Within Illinois, the name New Franklin is unique. Beyond Illinois, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for New Franklin ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about New Franklin: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Rand McNally Map (1881)
More Orphans in Wayne County ...Can you help? As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Wayne County. Footnotes ...
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