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Welcome to Franklin Square ...

Franklin Square is located in Columbiana County<1>.

The pronunciation of Franklin Square: FRANK-lin<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Franklin Square, you might consider that their post office opened in 1830.

A typical abbreviation for Franklin Square: Franklin Sq. (or less commonly used: Franklin Sqr.)

Franklin Square is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Franklin Square lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Franklin Square: 330 & 234<4>

Communities Also Named Franklin Square ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Franklin Square - they are located in Connecticut, Illinois and New York.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Franklin Square.

Communities near Franklin Square ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Franklin Square.

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 Square. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Franklin Square.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Franklin Square. 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 Square.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Franklin Square. See our Newspapers Page for Franklin Square.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Franklin Square ...

Looking for more information about Franklin Square? 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 Square, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Franklin Square.

Adding Franklin Square to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Franklin Square 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 (so far) for Franklin Square was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Franklin Square post office opened in 1830. The Franklin Square post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Franklin Square.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Columbiana, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Franklin Square. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Franklin Square - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 330 code has been Overlayed with the 234 area code. New phone numbers in the Franklin Square area will be assigned with one of these codes: 330 or 234. As a result, placing a call in the Franklin Square area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/