Franklin Village

Franklin Village is a Michigan historical marker in Franklin, Oakland County, dedicated 1960.

Franklin Road, Franklin

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Founded in 1824-25, Franklin received its present name in 1828. First postmaster was Dr. Ebenezer Raynale, state legislator and physician. The William Huston store, opened in 1830, was the forerunner of a business center that later included the famous Broughton Wagon Shop, the Van Every Mills, now “Ye Olde Cider Mill,” several taverns, two distilleries, and two churches. The village also was a station on the Underground Railroad. Franklin still has the appearance and atmosphere of an early Michigan village.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1819 · Ohio & Indiana (H. S. Tanner, 1819) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Ohio (1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · Ohio (A. Finley, 1826) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Ohio. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Ohio Pocket Map (Mitchell, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Ohio & Indiana (H. S. Tanner, 1819), 1819, covering the location of Franklin Village, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Ohio & Indiana (H. S. Tanner, 1819), 1819, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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