Welcome to Franklin Road ...
Franklin Road is located in Hancock County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Franklin Road, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
A typical abbreviation for Franklin Road: Franklin Rd.
Franklin Road is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Franklin Road lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Franklin Road: 207
Communities near Franklin Road ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Franklin Road.
- Ellsworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bar Harbor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Desert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Desert have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Desert
- Mount Desert is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Desert <3>
- Southwest Harbor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southwest Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Harbor
- Southwest Harbor is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,793 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southwest Harbor <3>
- Gouldsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gouldsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gouldsboro
- Gouldsboro is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gouldsboro <3>
- Lamoine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dedham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tremont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremont
- Tremont is located in Hancock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tremont
- From Franklin Road to Tremont
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 Road. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Franklin Road.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Franklin Road. 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 Road.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Franklin Road. See our Newspapers Page for Franklin Road.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Franklin Road ...
Looking for more information about Franklin Road? 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.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Franklin Road, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Franklin Road.
Adding Franklin Road to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Franklin Road 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 Road was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
We also found Franklin Road on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Maine (1897).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Franklin Road.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Franklin Road - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |