Franconia’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Franconia. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFranconia is an unincorporated community in Franconia Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Franconia is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 113 and Allentown Road. Franconia opened its first Elementary School in December 1941. Franconia Elementary celebrated its 75th anniversary on October 6, 2016, with alumni returning to share the event with current students. A time capsule, containing memories of past students, was also opened, The village is named after Franconia, the English (and Latin) term for Franken, a region in Germany.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 13,064 people in 2010, 13,259 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1987.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Franconia 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 Franconia’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Franconia’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewAllentown Road Bridge, Spanning S…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Franconia, decade by decade
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2 historic places in Franconia
2 places in Franconia are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Allentown Road Bridge, Spanning Skippack Creek on Allentown Road and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.