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History · Franklin Square

Franklin Square’s post office opened in 1923, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register.

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1on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
3famous people
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How Franklin Square began

When was Franklin Square founded?

1923

The Franklin Square post office opened in 1923, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 30,903103 years
Founding year: the first Franklin Square post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Franklin Square’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 Franklin Square are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Franklin Square’s homes were built before 1954.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Franklin Square’s history is told.

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The story

How Franklin Square came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Franklin Square.

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What is now Franklin Square was near the center of the Hempstead Plains, and used as grazing land, and later farmland, by the first white settlers. The southern portion included oak and dogwood forests.

In late 1643, Robert Fordham and John Carman made a treaty with members of the Massapequak, Mericoke, Matinecock and Rockaway tribes to buy roughly 100 square miles upon which they intended to start a new settlement. They purchased this tract, including much of what is now the towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead.

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Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Franklin Square, 1938 to 2000

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1938Born hereAl Weis is born here
  3. 1997Born hereJoseph Duszak is born here
  4. 21st century
  5. 2000Born hereShane Pinto is born here
By decade

Franklin Square, decade by decade

Today6 recent
At New York 2024 1772024At New York 2024 177At New York 2024 1762024At New York 2024 176Valley Stream North Sign, Matthew Giglio Plaza, Franklin Square & North Valley Stream, New York August 11, 20222022Valley Stream North Sign, Matthew Giglio Plaza, Frank…Franklin Square-Munson Fire District HQ2018Franklin Square-Munson Fire District HQFranklin National Bank; Franklin Square-22016Franklin National Bank; Franklin Square-2Franklin National Bank; Franklin Square-12016Franklin National Bank; Franklin Square-1
On the National Register

1 historic place in Franklin Square

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts

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

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Franklin Square

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

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Shane PintoAmerican ice hockey player · b. 2000
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Al WeisBaseball player · b. 1938
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Joseph DuszakAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1997
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Stewart ManorIts storyBElmont1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest HempsteadIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarden City SouthIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarden City4 historic placesA−Malverne Park OaksIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Valley Stream1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Franklin Square’s history

What year was Franklin Square founded?

The Franklin Square post office opened in 1923, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.