The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Two theories are given as to how Frankston derived its name. The one most accepted—and shown on the city's official website—is that Frankston was named for Frankie Miller, a young woman who donated land for the downtown city park. An alternate theory for the name of the town was that Frankston was named after Frank Miller, who owned the land when the railway was built. The Miller house still stands as a historical landmark in the southeastern part of town, on ACR 19. The state bought the land from him and named the city in his honor. The original Main Street still holds the name Miller Street. The junction of Highways 155 and 175 is now the center of the town.
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Start Frankston’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Frankston’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Frankston, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Frankston is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Frankston has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Freeman Farm in Frankston, 4.4 miles away.
Frankston and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.