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Welcome to West Franklin ...

West Franklin is located in Bradford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Franklin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for West Franklin: W. Franklin

West Franklin is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for West Franklin: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named West Franklin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named West Franklin - they are located in Indiana, Maine, New Hampshire and Ontario.

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

Communities near West Franklin ...

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

  • Athens
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Towanda
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Canton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Troy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Troy is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Wyalusing
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Dushore
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Monroe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Monroe is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
  • Rome
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Rome is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <4>
  • New Albany
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sylvania
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sylvania is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Franklin ...

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

Adding West Franklin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the West Franklin post office opened in 1851. The West Franklin post office closed in 1904.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Bradford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the West Franklin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the West 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/