Franklin Park, Illinois
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Leyden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60131. The Survey maps it on the River Forest quadrangle. 18,467 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFranklin Park grew from 18,333 to 18,467 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18,333 | |
| 2020 | 18,467 | +134 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1891 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1928 USGS River Forest quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS River Forest quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS River Forest quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS River Forest quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS River Forest quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Franklin Park: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A C O'Laughlin Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bellwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Melrose Park City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Northlake City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| River Forest City Eng - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklin Park in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | $250,000 | Utility poles and power lines blown down along Mannheim Road from Belmont Avenue south to Grand Avenue. Signs and vehicles damaged by the poles. Part of a billboard was blown onto Interstate 294, just south of the O'hare Oasis, damaging one car. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | $100,000 | Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Many trees fell onto houses and garages. The roof of an apartment building on Chestnut Street was blown off. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | $100,000 | West of Franklin Park in Leyden Township and southwest of Franklin Park in NorthLake, full mature trees blown down. On Fullerton, some trees fell on garages and power lines. At Mannheim and Fullerton, a tree fell onto a car. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | $5,000 | Several large trees and tree limbs were blown down in a localized area near the 3500 block of North Opal Avenue in the Belmont Heights neighborhood. One tree fell onto a house producing minor roof damage. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | $5,000 | A large tree limb fell onto a roof on the 8600 block of Center Street damaging portions of the roof and awning. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | - | Tree damage was reported near Belmont Avenue and Lincoln Street. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Franklin Park | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Grand Avenue and Mannheim Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | - | Trees were uprooted and snapped in Franklin Park. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | - | Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph near Manheim Road and Grand Avenue. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | - | Power lines were blown down near Pioneer and Grace Streets. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | - | A large tree was blown down onto a car at Diversey and 75th Avenues. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | - | A tree was blown down onto power lines near Oconto and Barry Avenues. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | - | A tree was blown down blocking the street at Pittsburgh Avenue and Addison Street. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Franklin Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Franklin Park | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Franklin Park | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin Park | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schiller Park | 1.4 miles | 26 | |
| River Grove | 1.7 miles | 26 | |
| Northlake | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Stone Park | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Melrose Park | 2.4 miles | 26 | |
| Western Dunning | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| Riverview | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Norridge | 2.8 miles | 26 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Franklin Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671244 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 408674. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











