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Welcome to Frances ...

Frances is located in Pacific County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Frances, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

Frances is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Frances lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Frances: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Frances ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Frances - they are located in California, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.

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

Communities near Frances ...

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

  • Raymond
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • South Bend
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pe Ell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Menlo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
    • Menlo is located in Pacific County
  • Doty
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Grays River
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Rosburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Curtis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Skamokawa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Brookfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brookfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Frances ...

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

Adding Frances to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Frances 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 for Frances was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Frances post office opened in 1894.

We also found Frances on a map titled Auto Trails Map of Washington (1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Frances.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Pacific, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Frances - 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Frances area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Frances 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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