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Welcome to New Franklin ...

New Franklin is located in Stark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Franklin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

New Franklin is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for New Franklin: 330 & 234<3>

Communities Also Named New Franklin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named New Franklin: This one is located in Stark County and the other is located in Summit County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 3 communities that are also named New Franklin - they are located in Missouri and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near New Franklin ...

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

  • Canton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Alliance
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • North Canton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Salem
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Salem is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,517 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <4>
  • Louisville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sebring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Minerva
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hartville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Carrollton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Lisbon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Lisbon is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,626 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisbon <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Franklin ...

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

Adding New Franklin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Franklin 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 New Franklin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the New Franklin post office opened in 1832. The New Franklin post office closed in 1915.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Stark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Franklin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 New Franklin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 330 or 234. As a result, placing a call in the New Franklin area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/