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History · Franktown

Franktown’s post office opened in 1862, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Franktown was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. Its Register listing is the Pike's Peak Grange No. 163.

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How Franktown began

When was Franktown founded?

1862

The Franktown post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 409164 years
Founding year: the first Franktown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Franktown

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1990
Pike's Peak Grange No. 163
Pike's Peak Grange No. 163
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and Early 20th Century Movements1
Vernacular1
Wood Frame Front Gable1
Pike's Peak Grange No. 163Late 19th and Early 20th Century Movements

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Franktown’s post office has been open since 1862.

Gone or out of use
Leonard Minemine
1cemetery inside Franktown
Franktown

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Franktown’s history

What year was Franktown founded?

The Franktown post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Franktown?

One place: the Pike's Peak Grange No. 163 (listed 1990).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.