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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
- Astoria is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- 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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrenton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Warrenton is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,739 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warrenton <5>
- Gearhart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gearhart have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearhart
- Gearhart is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Long Beach is located in Pacific County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,520 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Beach <5>
- Ilwaco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilwaco
- Ilwaco is located in Pacific County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilwaco <5>
- Hammond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammond have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Hammond is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <5>
- Cathlamet
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathlamet
- Cathlamet is located in Wahkiakum County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cathlamet <5>
- Altoona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Megler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megler
- Megler is located in Pacific County
- Tongue Point Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tongue Point Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tongue Point Village
- Tongue Point Village is located in Clatsop County (OR)
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 for Frankfort was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
X2X - From that list, the Frankfort post office opened in 1890.
We also found Frankfort in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Frankfort.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Pacific County: www.co.pacific.wa.us/
The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/
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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |