Franklin’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Franklin. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFranklin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,609 people in the township.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,617 people in 2010, 1,609 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1987.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Franklin yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Franklin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Franklin’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewFranklin Morrow: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Franklin
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Franklin, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Franklin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Franklin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is A. B. Sears House in Chesterville, 3.4 miles away.
Franklin and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Franklin Morrow and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.