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History · East Frankfort

58% of East Frankfort’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1898 on.

0on the National Register
58%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about East Frankfort’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 East Frankfort are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18984 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1982. Watch East Frankfort change.Old housesHalf of East Frankfort’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Frankfort’s history is told.

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On the map

East Frankfort on the map, 1898 to 1982

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

East Frankfort on the 1898 USGS mapEast Frankfort on the 1900 USGS mapEast Frankfort on the 1943 USGS mapEast Frankfort on the 1982 USGS map1898Utica 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 East Frankfort.

The story

How East Frankfort came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of East Frankfort.

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The hamlet was founded in 1854 by Archibald C. McGowan and was originally known as "McGowansville".

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to East Frankfort

Nobody well known was born in East Frankfort itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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James S. ShermanAmerican politician and Vice President of the U… · b. 1855
James Dwight DanaAmerican mineralogist, scientist and zoologist · b. 1813
Joe BonamassaAmerican musician · b. 1977
Irving BaxterAmerican athletics competitor · b. 1876
Annette FunicelloAmerican actress and singer · b. 1942
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Maria Van KerkhoveAmerican infectious disease epidemiologist · b. 1977

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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 Wikipedia 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.