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History · Franklin Township

24% of Franklin Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 3 old photos and papers and maps from 1943 on.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Franklin Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Franklin Township’s past

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

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Franklin Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Franklindale
1826–1904
West Franklin
1851–1904
Barclay
1866–1911
Long Valley
1884–1909
Laquin
1903–1941
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BarclayFranklindaleLaquinLong ValleyWest Franklin
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Franklin Township
BarclayDodge Cemetery OldFranklin Center ChristianFranklindaleWest FranklinWilley Family

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

Help out

Start Franklin Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewScene on the Allegheny: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Franklin Township, in brief

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

Franklin Township is a township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 619 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 723 to 620 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Franklin Township, 1826 to 1943

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1826Post officeThe Franklindale post office opens
  3. 1851Post officeThe West Franklin post office opens
  4. 1866Post officeThe Barclay post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904Post officeThe Franklindale post office closes
  7. 1904Post officeThe West Franklin post office closes
  8. 1905In the archiveScene on the Allegheny
  9. 1911Post officeThe Barclay post office closes
  10. 1918In the archiveWoodwork, checkerboard table for Y.M.C.A
  11. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Franklin Township, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s–1910s3 items
Scene on the Allegheny1905Scene on the AlleghenyA.G. Egbert Memorial Fountain in City Park1905A.G. Egbert Memorial Fountain in City ParkWoodwork, checkerboard table for Y.M.C.A1918Woodwork, checkerboard table for Y.M.C.A
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today5 recent
Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States (2024-10-17-03-20-57 UMBRA-08)2024Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Uni…Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States (2024-06-12-02-01-30 UMBRA-04)2024Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Uni…Franklin Township Flume2008Franklin Township FlumePennsylvania State Route 4142007Pennsylvania State Route 414Pennsylvania State Route 4142007Pennsylvania State Route 414
On the map

Franklin Township on the map, 1943 to 1969

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

Franklin Township on the 1943 USGS mapFranklin Township on the 1969 USGS map1943Powell 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 Franklin Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Scene on the Allegheny
Retake this viewScene on the Allegheny, 1905

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Franklin Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Franklin Township

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

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Ada BittenbenderAmerican lawyer, feminist activist · b. 1848
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Jesse SpringAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1901
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John LaporteAmerican politician · b. 1798
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Garland GrangePlayer of American football · b. 1906
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Kenneth E. CasterAmerican paleontologist · b. 1908
S
Sadler RogersAmerican bridge engineer · b. 1831
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Overton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMonroe TownshipIts storyB+Burlington Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGranville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Burlington Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Franklin Township’s history

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), the Library of Congress (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.