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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Franklin Junction (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Franklin Junction. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Franklin Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Franklin Junction: Franklin Jct. (or less commonly used: Franklin Jctn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Franklin Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Franklin Junction.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Franklin Junction is located in Williams County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Williams County: DeKalb (IN), Steuben (IN), Hillsdale (MI), Defiance, Fulton & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Franklin Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Franklin Junction:
- Williams County (The home county of Franklin Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Alvordton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kunkle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- West Unity
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pioneer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holiday City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Jim Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jim Town is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
- Stryker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Montpelier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Ainger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ainger is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Bryan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Northwest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Northwest is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Ney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jewell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Brunersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Williamstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Sherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ayersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Fayette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Powers ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Powers is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Powers has also been known as:
- Powers Station
- Burlington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burlington is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Thelma ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Thelma is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Inlet ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Inlet is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Archbold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Denson ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Denson is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denson
- Oakshade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oakshade is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakshade
- Pettisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Advance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Ridgeville Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Napoleon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Okolona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Okolona is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona
- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Florida
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Liberty Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Colton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Berkey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Sharples
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Paulding County
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- DeKalb County (IN)
- Butler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- York is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Alvarado
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Clear Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Ray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ray is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Fremont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hamilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Angola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Branch County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Ray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fisher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Canada Shores
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Canada Shores is located in Branch County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Shores
- Quincy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Waldron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Prattville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Lickly Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Ransom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Frontier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Shadyside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Pittsford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Locust Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
- Osseo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Steamburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Steamburg is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamburg
- Camden
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jackson County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Liberty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Jackson County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Hanover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lenawee County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Munson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- Morenci
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Morenci
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Canandaigua
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canandaigua is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Hudson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Seneca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Clayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Rollin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rollin is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
- Weston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Sand Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Addison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jasper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Franklin Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Franklin Junction.
Cemeteries Near Franklin Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Franklin Junction.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Franklin Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Franklin Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Primrose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Waldron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Franklin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ely Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Barrett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kunkle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (411 more) ...
- Ring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Snow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- County Line Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Franklin Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Franklin Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Franklin Junction, with the one closest to Franklin Junction listed first.
- Alvordton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Primrose
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Primrose is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- Waldron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Kunkle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Fayette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Unity
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Zone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Zone is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zone
- Munson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Munson is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munson
- Betzer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Betzer is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betzer
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Pioneer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elmira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ransom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Morenci
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Montpelier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Franklin Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Franklin Junction.
Newspapers Published in Franklin Junction ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Franklin Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Franklin Junction, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Franklin Junction.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Franklin Junction:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Williams County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Paulding County
- DeKalb County
- Steuben County
- Branch County
- Hillsdale County
- Jackson County
- Lenawee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Franklin Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Franklin Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |