Map of Franklin village, Michigan

Franklin is a village in Southfield Township, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,150 at the 2010 census. The community is known for large, estate-style homes. The downtown was designated as an historic district, the first in Michigan, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. The Franklin Cider Mill is a visitor attraction.

Franklin village overview:
Name:	Franklin village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Michigan
County:	Oakland County
Incorporated:	1953
Elevation:	833 ft (254 m)
Land Area:	2.66 sq mi (6.90 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Population Density:	1,178.75/sq mi (455.08/km²)
Area code:	248
FIPS code:	2630340
GNISfeature ID:	0626409

Online Interactive Map

Franklin online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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Franklin location on the U.S. Map. Where is Franklin village. — Franklin location on the U.S. Map.

Franklin location on the Michigan map. Where is Franklin village. — Location of Franklin in Michigan.

History

The community was founded in 1825 by Elijah Bullock and other European-American settlers; it was named after Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States, in 1831. By 1830, a business district formed. The village has a unique collection of historical structures in original condition that is unusual for suburban Detroit. The village was incorporated in 1953.

Historical markers

In 1960 a historical marker was erected that reads:

Another marker was installed in front of Franklin Village School:

This building closed as a public school in 1979. In 1988, members of Metro Detroit’s Muslim community bought the building and adapted it as Huda School and Montessori, a K-8 Islamic parochial school. On Saturdays the building houses the related Dar-al-Huda Islamic Saturday school.

In 2006, the Muslim community raised $3.6 million to fund renovation and expansion of the school. In the summer of 2007, the Monahan Construction Company renovated the school. In September 2007, the community raised another $1 million to continue the project’s second phase, which was completed in 2008. Franklin also the hometown Farmbrook Free Press, a small publication.

Franklin Road Map

Franklin city Satellite Map

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.66 square miles (6.89 km), all land.