Welcome to East Franklin ...

East Franklin is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Franklin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

A typical abbreviation for East Franklin: E. Franklin

East Franklin is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Franklin: 802

Communities Also Named East Franklin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named East Franklin - they are located in Maine, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near East Franklin ...

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

• Cowansville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowansville
• Saint Albans
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Albans is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,799 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Albans <3>
• Swanton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Swanton is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
• Lac Brome
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac Brome
• Sutton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
• Highgate
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Highgate is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,664 people
• Dunham
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunham
• Enosburg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Enosburg is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enosburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enosburg <3>
• Brigham
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham
• Swanton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Swanton is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swanton <3>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Franklin ...

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

Adding East Franklin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East 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 East Franklin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the East Franklin post office opened in 1850. The East Franklin post office closed in 1957.

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