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Welcome to Frankfort ...

So far, we found very little information about Frankfort. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Frankfort to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Frankfort, please Contact Us.

Frankfort would have been located within present day Pacific County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Frankfort, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Frankfort is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Frankfort was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Frankfort was located: 360 & 564<4>

Communities Also Named Frankfort ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Frankfort - they are located in Alabama, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Maine, Michigan (2), Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Frankfort ...

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

  • Astoria
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Astoria is located in Clatsop County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,029 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Astoria <5>
  • Warrenton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gearhart
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Gearhart is located in Clatsop County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearhart
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,644 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gearhart <5>
  • Long Beach
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Ilwaco
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Hammond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cathlamet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Altoona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Altoona is located in Wahkiakum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
  • Megler
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Megler is located in Pacific County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megler
  • Tongue Point Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Tongue Point Village is located in Clatsop County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tongue Point Village

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

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

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

Adding Frankfort to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Frankfort post office opened in 1890. The Frankfort post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Frankfort.

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Frankfort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Frankfort - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Frankfort area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Frankfort area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/