Franklin, Missouri - 65250
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 39° 00.711 W 092° 45.138
15S E 521445 N 4318120
In the corner of a hue warehouse style structure
Waymark Code: WM162P1
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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County of post office: Howard County
Location of post office: 2nd St. & Stephens Alley, Franklin

Retail Hours:
Monday-Saturday:10:00am - 11:45am
Sunday: closed

A recent flood almost removed all homes in this village, so post office may now be closed.

About this town. Franklin was one of the first town west of the Mississippi River, was county seat of Howard County. It was south of this location, on State Hwy 87 and the Missouri River at the Katy Trail Crossing, and the entire town swept down the Missouri River in a flood (1827).

So the people moved to higher ground and created New Franklin. Still exists NE of this location, about 2 miles away.

This location was created when the MKT (Katy), Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway came through the area. It built a depot, and hotel, and had its major division headquarters here, and also had the turn-table, or roundhouse, built here and named it Franklin Junction.
The railroad folded around 1986, and left this area abandoned, sort of. Some people did live here. So they re-named it Franklin.

So we have four names of Franklin, in different forms, and only three sites of towns. Oh, by-the-way, the original Franklin, is now known as Old Franklin.

Type of structure:: Corner section of wasrehouse

re-enter Zip Code here:: 65250

Current Status:: Former Historic Location
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