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Franklin County contains sixteen townships: Reeve, Morgan, West Fork, Osceola, Ingham, Geneva, Oakland, Hamilton, Grant, Lee, Wisner, Richland, Scott, Marion, Ross, and Mott.

Since families may have lived in nearby counties and county lines changed over time, it's important to search for members of your Franklin County families in neighboring counties:

Cerro Gordo to the north
Floyd to the northeast
Butler to the east
Grundy to the southeast
Hardin to the south
Hamilton to the southwest
Wright to the west and
Hancock to the northwest

For a clickable map of all 99 Iowa counties go to http://iagenweb.org/state/map.php.

Map of Franklin County

Current Towns

Town	Post Office	Township	Pop. 1890	Pop. 2000
Ackley	50601	Osceola (part in Hardin Co.)	1286
Alexander	50420	Scott	50	165
Bradford	50041	Grant		123
Burdette		Lee	25
Chapin	50427	Ross	200
Coulter	50431	Scott, Marion, Morgan, Hamilton		262
Dows	50071	Morgan (part in Wright County)	600
Faulkner		Osceola	50
Geneva	50633	Geneva	300	174 [in 2003]
Hampton	50441	Washington, Mott	2067	4218
Hansell		Ingham	169	96
Latimer	50452	Marion	70	531
Oakland		Oakland	100
Popejoy**	50227	Oakland	200	79
Sheffield	50475	Ross	610	954 [in 2003]
*An updated version is available of The Tale of Two Towns,* the history of the ghost town of Oakland Valley and Popejoy, Iowa. Compiled and written by VaDonna Whipple. Available only on CD. Email VaDonna Whipple for more information, including price.

Abandoned Towns

Town Township Town Township

Cream Hill Ingham Oakland Valley Oakland

Coldwater West Fork Otisville became Dows

Congress Hamilton Reeve Reeve

Elide Reeve Shore's Grove Richland

Ingham West Fork Union Ridge Ingham

Maysville Reeve Washburn Ross

Menzie Ingham