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History · Franklinville

Franklinville’s post office opened in 1842, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1890 on.

1842first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
4famous people
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Quick answers

How Franklinville began

When was Franklinville founded?

1842

The Franklinville post office opened in 1842, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,927184 years
Founding year: the first Franklinville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Franklinville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Franklinville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18906 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1994. Watch Franklinville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1842: 184 years of Franklinville.
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Start Franklinville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Franklinville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Franklinville on the map, 1890 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Franklinville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Franklinville on the 1890 USGS mapFranklinville on the 1948 USGS mapFranklinville on the 1953 USGS mapFranklinville on the 1972 USGS mapFranklinville on the 1986 USGS mapFranklinville on the 1994 USGS map1890Glassboro sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Franklinville.

Timeline

Franklinville, 1890 to 1995

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1931Born hereLeonard H. Kaser is born here
  5. 1980Born hereEliot Marshall is born here
  6. 1987Born hereJoe Gacy is born here
  7. 1995Born hereBryan Dobzanski is born here
The story so far

Franklinville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Franklinville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Franklinville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Franklin Township in Gloucester County, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08322. As of the 2020 census, Franklinville had a population of 1,927. The Franklinville area of Franklin Township serves as the town center that mixes historic buildings with modern conveniences and stores. A mix of merchants exist in the town center along with the Franklinville Volunteer Fire Company, Franklin Township Community Center and The Franklinville Inn, Franklinville Lake and the historic Franklinville train station. Fr…

Its first post office opened in 1842.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Franklinville, decade by decade

Today5 recent
NJ Route 47 nb approaching CR 538, Dec. 20242024NJ Route 47 nb approaching CR 538, Dec. 2024Franklinville, NJ post office, Dec. 20242024Franklinville, NJ post office, Dec. 2024Franklin Township, Gloucester County, NJ municipal building, Dec. 20242024Franklin Township, Gloucester County, NJ municipal bu…2021-05-06 16 14 47 View east along Gloucester County Route 538 (Swedesboro Road) at New Jersey State Route 47 (Delsea …20212021-05-06 16 14 47 View east along Gloucester County…2021-05-06 09 15 48 View west along Gloucester County Route 538 (Coles Mill Road) at New Jersey State Route 47 (Delsea …20212021-05-06 09 15 48 View west along Gloucester County…
Famous people

4 famous people were born in Franklinville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Joe GacyAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1987
Bryan DobzanskiAmerican baseball player · b. 1995
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Eliot MarshallAmerican martial artist · b. 1980
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Leonard H. KaserAmerican politican · b. 1931
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

MalagaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Franklinville’s history

What year was Franklinville founded?

The Franklinville post office opened in 1842, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.