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Communities Also Named Franklin ...

We found 87 communities that share the name Franklin.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Franklin.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 82 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 82 communities, four are located in Canada and 80 are in the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Franklin, we know of four communities located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Franklin #1
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Franklin.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Macon County
      • This Franklin is located in Macon County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Franklin.
      • Monroe County
      • This Franklin is located in Monroe County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Franklin.
    • Arizona
      • Greenlee County
      • This Franklin is located in Greenlee County and lies 1,817 miles [2,924.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenlee County community of Franklin.
    • Arkansas
      • Izard County
      • This Franklin is located in Izard County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Izard County community of Franklin.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Franklin [Los Angeles County].
      • Napa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Franklin [Napa County].
      • Sacramento County
      • This Franklin is located in Sacramento County and lies 2,234 miles [3,595.3 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Franklin.
      • San Joaquin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Franklin [San Joaquin County].
    • Connecticut
      • New London County
      • This Franklin is located in New London County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Franklin.
    • Florida
      • Franklin County
      • This Franklin is located in Franklin County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Franklin.
    • Georgia
      • Heard County
      • This Franklin is located in Heard County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Heard County community of Franklin.
    • Idaho
      • Ada County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Franklin [Ada County].
      • Franklin County
      • This Franklin is located in Franklin County and lies 1,669 miles [2,686 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Franklin.
    • Illinois
      • Morgan County
      • This Franklin is located in Morgan County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Franklin.
    • Indiana
      • Johnson County
      • This Franklin is located in Johnson County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Franklin.
      • Wayne County
      • This Franklin is located in Wayne County and lies 448 miles [721 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Franklin.
    • Iowa
      • Jasper County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Franklin [Jasper County].
      • Lee County
      • This Franklin is located in Lee County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Franklin.
      • Pottawattamie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Franklin [Pottawattamie County].
    • Kansas
      • Crawford County
      • This Franklin is located in Crawford County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Franklin.
      • Douglas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Franklin [Douglas County].
    • Kentucky
      • Clark County
      • This Franklin is located in Clark County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Franklin.
      • Simpson County
      • This Franklin is located in Simpson County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Simpson County community of Franklin.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Mary Parish
      • This Franklin is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 1,222 miles [1,966.6 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Franklin.
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • This Franklin is located in Hancock County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Franklin.
    • Manitoba
      • This Franklin lies 1,067 miles [1,717.2 km]<2> to the west northwest.
    • Maryland
      • Allegany County
      • This Franklin is located in Allegany County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Franklin.
      • Baltimore City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Franklin [Baltimore City].
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Franklin is located in Norfolk County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Franklin.
    • Michigan
      • Houghton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Franklin [Houghton County].
      • Kent County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Franklin [Kent County].
      • Oakland County
      • This Franklin is located in Oakland County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Franklin.
    • Minnesota
      • Renville County
      • This Franklin is located in Renville County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Renville County community of Franklin.
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Franklin is located in Saint Louis County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Franklin.
    • Mississippi
      • Franklin County
      • This Franklin is located in Franklin County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Franklin.
      • Holmes County
      • This Franklin is located in Holmes County and lies 986 miles [1,586.8 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Franklin.
    • Missouri
      • Howard County
      • This Franklin is located in Howard County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Franklin.
    • Montana
      • Custer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Franklin [Custer County].
      • Golden Valley County
      • This Franklin is located in Golden Valley County and lies 1,488 miles [2,394.7 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Golden Valley County community of Franklin.
    • Nebraska
      • Franklin County
      • This Franklin is located in Franklin County and lies 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Franklin.
      • Richardson County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Richardson County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richardson County community of Franklin.
    • Nevada
      • Lander County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lander County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lander County community of Franklin.
    • New Hampshire
      • Merrimack County
      • This Franklin is located in Merrimack County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Franklin.
    • New Jersey
      • Essex County
      • This Franklin is located in Essex County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Franklin.
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Franklin is located in Hunterdon County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Franklin.
      • Morris County
      • This Franklin is located in Morris County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Franklin.
      • Sussex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Franklin [Sussex County].
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Colfax County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colfax County community of Franklin.
    • New York
      • Delaware County
      • This Franklin is located in Delaware County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Franklin.
    • North Carolina
      • Macon County
      • This Franklin is located in Macon County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Franklin.
      • Rowan County
      • This Franklin is located in Rowan County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Franklin.
      • Surry County
      • This Franklin is located in Surry County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Franklin.
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Franklin [Belmont County].
      • Coshocton County
      • This Franklin is located in Coshocton County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Franklin.
      • Ross County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Franklin [Ross County].
      • Warren County
      • This Franklin is located in Warren County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Franklin.
      • Williams County
      • This Franklin is located in Williams County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williams County community of Franklin.
    • Oklahoma
      • Cleveland County
      • This Franklin is located in Cleveland County and lies 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Franklin.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • This Franklin is located in Lane County and lies 2,185 miles [3,516.4 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Franklin.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • This Franklin is located in Cambria County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Franklin.
      • Chester County
      • This Franklin is located in Chester County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Franklin.
      • Lehigh County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Franklin [Lehigh County].
      • Venango County
      • This Franklin is located in Venango County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Franklin.
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Franklin is located in Westmoreland County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Franklin.
    • Quebec
      • This Franklin lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<2> to the east northeast.
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Franklin [Edgefield County].
    • South Dakota
      • Lake County
      • This Franklin is located in Lake County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Franklin.
    • Tennessee
      • Williamson County
      • This Franklin is located in Williamson County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Franklin.
    • Texas
      • Liberty County
      • This Franklin is located in Liberty County and lies 1,307 miles [2,103.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Franklin.
      • Robertson County
      • This Franklin is located in Robertson County and lies 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Franklin.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Franklin is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,701 miles [2,737.5 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Franklin.
    • Vermont
      • Franklin County
      • This Franklin is located in Franklin County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<2> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Franklin.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Franklin is located in Albemarle County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Franklin.
      • Fairfax County
      • This Franklin is located in Fairfax County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Franklin.
      • Franklin City
      • This Franklin is located in Franklin City and lies 529 miles [851.3 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin City community of Franklin.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Franklin [King County].
    • West Virginia
      • Brooke County
      • This Franklin is located in Brooke County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of Franklin.
      • Marshall County
      • This Franklin is located in Marshall County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Franklin.
      • Pendleton County
      • This Franklin is located in Pendleton County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pendleton County community of Franklin.
    • Wisconsin
      • Jackson County
      • This Franklin is located in Jackson County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Franklin.
      • Milwaukee County
      • This Franklin is located in Milwaukee County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milwaukee County community of Franklin.
      • Sheboygan County
      • This Franklin is located in Sheboygan County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheboygan County community of Franklin.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Argentina
      • Distance: 5,572 miles [8,967.3 km]<2> to the south southeast
    • Australia
      • - Tasmania
      • Distance: 10,179 miles [16,381.5 km]<2> to the west southwest
      • - Australian Capital Territory
      • Distance: 9,856 miles [15,861.7 km] to the west
    • South Africa
      • Distance: 8,488 miles [13,660.1 km]<2> to the east southeast

Curious and Interesting Names Near Franklin ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Bethany
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fee's Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Fleetwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Fowlers Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillhead Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ida
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ida came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
  • Lotus
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
  • Mount Horeb
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Horeb came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Orange Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Viewlake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewlake

How Far From Franklin to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Franklin to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Franklin and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 163 miles [262.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Franklin to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,733 miles [9,226.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,340 miles [6,984.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Franklin could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Franklin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Franklin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2333, Longitude: -78.5828    
<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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Franklin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.419 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.874 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.251 degrees.









 

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