Franklin

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Franklin

Total population

373

Median home value

$65,500

4.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$26,193

Franklin$26k

National$74k

Elevation1007 m

Land area0.84 km²

Weather62°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates39.50°, -79.05°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Franklin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 290.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Franklin, MD from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

American literary critic, professor and historian (born 1950)

Lefty Grove

American baseball player (1900–1975)

Binger Hermann

American politician (1843–1926)

William M. O. Dawson

American politician (1853-1916)

D

Don Redman

American musician (1900–1964)

Harley Orrin Staggers

American politician (1907-1991)

Stephen Wheeler Downey

American politician (1839-1902)

R

Rachel Cosgrove Payes

American writer (1922-1998)

D

D. Lindley Sloan

American lawyer and judge (1874–1962)

John Gardner Murray

Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (1857-1929)

W

Woodrow Wilson Barr

United States Marine (1918-1942)

L

Leslie Thrasher

American illustrator

Charles Irving Elliott

pioneer aviator in the Hawaiian Islands

J

John F. Matheus

American writer

James Francis McIndoe

United States Army general (1868–1919)

T

Tonna Lee Pratt

early victim of the COVID-19 pandemic (1950-2020)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Maryland

• Westernport
  0.9 mi away · pop. 1,588
• Moscow
  3.5 mi away
• Nikep
  4.6 mi away
• Dawson
  5.9 mi away · pop. 180
• Danville
  7.2 mi away
• Midland
  8.3 mi away
• Klondike
  9 mi away
• Ocean
  9.1 mi away
• Woodland
  9.3 mi away · pop. 42
• Kitzmiller
  10.3 mi away
• Shaft
  10.3 mi away
• Clarysville
  13.1 mi away · pop. 13

Browse all places in Maryland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin · 1791

Side-lights on Maryland history

Hester Dorsey Richardson · 1913

White Servitude in Maryland

Eugene Irving McCormac · 1904

The ferns and fern-allies of Maryland and Delaware, including District of Columbia

Clyde Franklin Reed · 1953

History of Maryland

John Thomas Scharf · 2018

The founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland

Joshua Dorsey Warfield · 1905

Maryland, unity in diversity

A. Franklin Parks · 1989

Old Kent, the Eastern Shore of Maryland

George A. Hanson · 1876

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

late boneset

Eupatorium serotinum

Seen 2026-09-22

Triangulate Combfoot

Steatoda triangulosa

Seen 2026-09-21

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

Seen 2026-09-20

Tennessee Warbler

Leiothlypis peregrina

Seen 2026-09-20

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Seen 2026-09-20

Locust Borer

Megacyllene robiniae

Seen 2026-09-19

swamp aster

Symphyotrichum puniceum

Seen 2026-09-19

Northern Walkingstick

Diapheromera femorata

Seen 2026-09-19

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Seen 2026-09-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).