Franklin County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 93,807 (Change since 1990: +16.4%)
• Created: December 11, 1818
• County seat: Union
• Largest town: Washington (Pop. 13,243)
• Name origin: Benjamin Franklin

Populated Places

• Anaconda (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Morrelton
  • Located southwest of St. Clair
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°18'06" N, 91°02'26" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 9
  • Elevation: 841
  • Civil township: Central
  • USGS Quad: Stanton
• Baltimore Settlement (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°36'35" N, 91°14'30" W
  • Survey: T. 45 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 34
  • Elevation: 749
  • Civil township: Boeuf
  • USGS Quad: New Haven
• Beaufort (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the crossing of US 50 and MO 185 east of Leslie
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°25'15" N, 91°11'20" W
  • Elevation: 882
  • Civil township: Lyon
  • USGS Quad: Leslie
• Beemont (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route ZZ near the Gasconade County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°28'50" N, 91°21'33" W
  • Survey: T. 43 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 10
  • Civil township: Lyon
  • USGS Quad: Gerald
• Benson Tourist City (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°18'19" N, 91°04'02" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 7
  • Elevation: 840
  • Civil township: Central
  • USGS Quad: Stanton
• Berger (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 206 (Change since 1990: -16.6%)
  • Located on Route B east of Hermann
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°40'27" N, 91°20'19" W
  • Post office: Apr. 15, 1856 - Now
• Boles (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Augusta Station
  • Located on a county road off Route T west of Labadie
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°31'51" N, 90°53'24" W
  • Survey: T. 44 N., R. 1 E., Secs. 27, 34
  • Civil township: Boles
  • USGS Quad: Washington East
• Boone (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°15'33" N, 91°19'23" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 25
  • Elevation: 850
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Strain
• Calvey (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°20'51" N, 90°47'46" W
  • Survey: T. 42 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 27
  • Elevation: 642
  • Civil township: Calvey
  • USGS Quad: Lonedell
• Campbellton (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 185 near the intersection with Route KK
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°32'24" N, 91°09'38" W
  • Survey: T. 44 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 28
  • Civil township: Lyon
  • USGS Quad: New Haven
• Caseyville (Unincorporated)
  • Located just off MO 185 at the Washington County line near Meramec State Park
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°12'19" N, 91°04'47" W
  • Civil township: Meramec
  • USGS Quad: Meramec State Park
• Catawissa (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the junction of Route N and Route O southwest of Pacific
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°25'29" N, 90°46'57" W
  • Survey: T. 43 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 34
  • Elevation: 530
  • Civil township: Calvey
  • USGS Quad: Gray Summit
• Cedar Fork (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Cedarfork
  • Located northwest of Leslie
• Champion City (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route CC north of Route AC
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°19'10" N, 91°16'13" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 4
  • Elevation: 752
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Strain
• Clover Bottom (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route YY west of Krakow
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°30'13" N, 91°07'10" W
  • Survey: T. 43 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 681
  • USGS Quad: Washington West
• Detmold (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route Y north of the junction with Route YY
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°32'34" N, 91°17'25" W
  • Survey: T. 44 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 20
  • Civil township: Lyon
  • USGS Quad: Dissen
• Dissen (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route Y southwest of New Haven and northeast of Detmold
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°33'35" N, 91°16'33" W
  • Survey: T. 44 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 15
  • Civil township: Boeuf
  • USGS Quad: Dissen
• Dundee (Unincorporated)
  • Located just east of the junction of MO 100 and MO 185
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°35'36" N, 91°07'28" W
  • Civil township: Boeuf
  • USGS Quad: Washington West
• Elmont (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route H between Japan and Sullivan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°14'08" N, 91°14'33" W
  • Survey: T. 40 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 974
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Sullivan
• Etlah (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route B northwest of New Haven
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°38'21" N, 91°16'35" W
  • Survey: T. 45 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 20
  • Civil township: Boeuf
  • USGS Quad: Berger
  • Post office: 1864 - Aug. 15, 1935
• Fourmile Corner (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route A southwest of Washington
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°30'40" N, 91°02'46" W
  • Elevation: 768
  • USGS Quad: Washington West
• Fray (Historical)
  • Located just east of New Haven
• George (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°14'43" N, 90°56'56" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 32
  • Elevation: 542
  • Civil township: Prairie
  • USGS Quad: Cyclone Hollow
• Gerald (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,171 (Change since 1990: +31.9%)
  • Located near the junction of US 50, Route Y, and Route H near the Gasconade County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°23'59" N, 91°19'50" W
• Gildehouse (Unincorporated)
  • Located just off Route V west of Villa Ridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°29'05" N, 90°56'18" W
  • Survey: T. 43 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 8
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Moselle
• Gray Summit (Unincorporated)
  • Population: 2,640 (2000 census)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°29'23" N, 90°48'60" W
  • Survey: T. 43 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 6
  • Civil township: Boles
  • USGS Quad: Gray Summit
  • Named for Daniel Gray, who operated a hotel starting about 1845. This area is a high point on the railroad.
  • Source: Goodspeed (p. 338)
• Greenstreet (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of a county road just southwest of Beaufort
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°24'23" N, 91°12'11" W
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Leslie
• Hemker (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°18'26" N, 90°46'39" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 11
  • Elevation: 760
  • Civil township: Prairie
  • USGS Quad: Lonedell
• Hensley (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°14'36" N, 90°52'15" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 808
  • Civil township: Prairie
  • USGS Quad: Richwoods
• Huff (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°14'37" N, 90°53'07" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 792
  • Civil township: Prairie
  • USGS Quad: Cyclone Hollow
• Jaegers Shop (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°27'40" N, 91°17'57" W
  • Survey: T. 43 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 19
  • Elevation: 817
  • Civil township: Lyon
  • USGS Quad: Gerald
• Japan (Unincorporated)
  • Located near intersection of Route H and Route AR in the southwest corner of the county
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°14'21" N, 91°18'21" W
  • Survey: T. 40 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 6
  • Elevation: 935
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Argo
• Jeffriesburg (Unincorporated)
  • Located west of Union on US 50
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°26'25" N, 91°05'17" W
  • Elevation: 762
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Union
• Kent (Historical)
  • Located along the Missouri River east of New Haven
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°35'54" N, 91°09'03" W
  • Survey: T. 44 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 4
  • Elevation: 500
  • Civil township: Boeuf
  • USGS Quad: New Haven
• Kiel (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route C just north of Route YY
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°31'18" N, 91°14'37" W
  • Survey: T. 44 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 34
  • Elevation: 755
  • Civil township: Lyon
  • USGS Quad: New Haven
• Kohl City (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Kohl City Road off Route VV at the Gasconade County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°35'54" N, 91°21'52" W
  • Elevation: 622
  • Civil township: Boeuf
  • USGS Quad: Dissen
• Krakow (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of Route A and Route YY northwest of Union
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°29'51" N, 91°02'44" W
  • Survey: T. 43 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 8
  • Elevation: 764
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Union
• Labadie (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of Route T and Route MM northeast of Gray Summit
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°31'44" N, 90°50'60" W
  • Elevation: 526
  • Civil township: Boles
  • USGS Quad: Labadie
• Leslie (Village)
  • Population: 87 (Change since 1990: -35.1%)
  • Located at the junction of US 50 and Route CC east of Gerald
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°25'04" N, 91°13'55" W
• Lonedell (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Lone Dell
  • Located at the junction of MO 30 and Route FF
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°18'29" N, 90°49'39" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 8
  • Civil township: Prairie
  • USGS Quad: Lonedell
• Luebbering (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route FF south of Lonedell
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°16'13" N, 90°49'09" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 759
  • Civil township: Prairie
  • USGS Quad: Lonedell
  • Named for John F. Luebbering, postmaster
  • Source: Ramsay (p. 68)
• Lyon (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 185 north of the junction with Route YY
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°30'42" N, 91°10'26" W
  • Civil township: Lyon
  • USGS Quad: New Haven
• Maupin (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°14'26" N, 90°47'02" W
  • Survey: T. 40 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 620
  • Civil township: Prairie
  • USGS Quad: Richwoods
• Meramec Terrace (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°24'57" N, 90°49'48" W
  • Survey: T. 42 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 500
  • Civil township: Calvey
  • USGS Quad: Gray Summit
• Miramiguoa Park (Village)
  • Population: 127 (2000 census)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°14'20" N, 91°04'07" W
• Monday (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°12'60" N, 91°01'16" W
  • Survey: T. 40 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 10
  • Civil township: Meramec
  • USGS Quad: Meramec State Park
• Moselle (Unincorporated)
  • Formerly incorporated
  • Located at the end of Route AH
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°23'12" N, 90°53'52" W
  • Survey: T. 42 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 15
  • Elevation: 493
  • Civil township: Central
  • USGS Quad: Moselle
• Mount Hope (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Mounthope
  • Located on MO 47 just south of MO 30
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°17'54" N, 90°52'25" W
  • Elevation: 703
  • Civil township: Prairie
  • USGS Quad: Lonedell
• Neier (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Neier Road, beyond the end of Route UU
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°23'28" N, 91°06'37" W
  • Survey: T. 42 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 816
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Union
• New Haven (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,867 (Change since 1990: +6.3%)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°36'30" N, 91°13'08" W
  • Founded: 1856
• Oak Grove Village (Village)
  • Population: 382 (Change since 1990: -5.0%)
  • Located outside of Sullivan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°13'32" N, 91°09'04" W
• Oetters (Unincorporated)
  • Located along Route T between Labadie and St. Albans
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°33'19" N, 90°47'37" W
  • Survey: T. 44 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 16
  • Elevation: 486
  • Civil township: Boles
  • USGS Quad: Labadie
• Pacific (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 5,482 (Change since 1990: +26.0%)
  • Located along I-44 near the St. Louis County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°28'55" N, 90°44'29" W
  • Founded: November 29, 1852 as Franklin
• Parkway (Village)
  • Population: 280 (Change since 1990: +1.1%)
  • Located just southeast of St. Clair
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°20'17" N, 90°58'11" W
• Petersville (Unincorporated)
  • Located on a county road northeast of St. Albans
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°35'14" N, 90°44'48" W
  • Civil township: Boles
  • USGS Quad: Eureka
• Piney Park (Unincorporated)
  • Formerly incorporated
  • Located along Route K southeast of St. Clair
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°18'04" N, 90°56'34" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 1 E., Secs. 8, 17
  • Elevation: 743
  • Civil township: Central
  • USGS Quad: Saint Clair
• Pohlman Mill (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°27'38" N, 90°57'54" W
  • Survey: T. 43 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 24
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Moselle
• Port Hudson (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the intersection of Route C and Old State Road northwest of Leslie
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°27'14" N, 91°15'14" W
  • Survey: T. 43 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 22
  • Civil township: Lyon
  • USGS Quad: Gerald
• Prater (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the railroad bridge over the Meramec River south of Pacific
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°26'58" N, 90°45'35" W
  • Elevation: 469
  • Civil township: Boles
  • USGS Quad: Gray Summit
• Robertsville (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the junction of Route O and Route N south of Gray Summit
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°24'53" N, 90°48'50" W
  • Civil township: Calvey
  • USGS Quad: Gray Summit
• Senate Grove (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°34'32" N, 91°19'40" W
  • Survey: T. 44 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 12
  • Elevation: 765
  • Civil township: Boeuf
  • USGS Quad: Dissen
• Shotwell (Historical)
  • Located southwest of Leslie
  • Map: 1886
• South Point (Historical)
  • Located along the river east of Washington
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°32'38" N, 90°58'42" W
  • Survey: T. 44 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 25
  • Elevation: 540
  • Civil township: Washington
  • USGS Quad: Washington East
• Spring Bluff (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Springbluff
  • Located at the intersection of MO 185 and Route AC northwest of Sullivan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°17'44" N, 91°14'16" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 910
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Spring Bluff
• St. Albans (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°34'45" N, 90°46'30" W
  • Survey: T. 44 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 2
  • Civil township: Boles
  • USGS Quad: Labadie
• St. Clair (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 4,390 (Change since 1990: +12.1%)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°20'43" N, 90°58'51" W
  • Founded: January 14, 1859 by William Kerr
• Stanton (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the interchange of I-44, Route JJ, and Route W northeast of Sullivan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°16'28" N, 91°06'20" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 2 W., Secs. 23-26,
  • Elevation: 872
  • Civil township: Meramec
  • USGS Quad: Stanton
• Strain (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the junction of Route H and Route AC northwest of Sullivan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°17'30" N, 91°18'10" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 18
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Strain
• Sullivan (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 6,351 (Change since 1990: +12.2%)
  • Located near I-44 next to the Crawford County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°12'29" N, 91°09'37" W
  • Name origin: Stephen Sullivan
  • Founded: 1859 by Stephen Sullivan
• Tavern Rock (Historical)
  • Located along the Missouri River in the far northeast corner of the county
  • USGS Quad: Labadie
• The Diamonds (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°28'23" N, 90°51'24" W
  • Survey: T. 43 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 13
  • Elevation: 800
  • Civil township: Boles
  • USGS Quad: Gray Summit
• Twin Springs (Unincorporated)
  • Located on the Meramec River near Stanton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°16'19" N, 91°04'25" W
  • Civil township: Central
  • USGS Quad: Stanton
• Union (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 7,757 (Change since 1990: +31.3%)
  • Located near the crossing of US 50 and MO 47
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°27'00" N, 91°00'30" W
• Villa Ridge (Unincorporated)
  • Population: 2,417 (2000 census)
  • Located on Route M just south of MO 100
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°28'21" N, 90°53'12" W
  • Survey: T. 43 N., R. 1 E., Secs. 14-15
  • Elevation: 637
  • Civil township: Boles
  • USGS Quad: Moselle
• Walbert (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°19'48" N, 91°19'54" W
  • Survey: T. 41 N., R. 4 W.
  • Elevation: 744
  • Civil township: Boone
  • USGS Quad: Strain
• Washington (Third-class city)
  • Population: 13,243 (Change since 1990: +23.7%)
  • Located near the MO 47 crossing of the Missouri River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 38°33'29" N, 91°00'43" W
  • Name origin: George Washington

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