New Franklin, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65274. It stands on Sulphur Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Franklin quadrangle. 1,027 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 646 feet above sea level.
On record in New Franklin
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Harris-Chilton-Ruble Houselisted 1980
New Franklin Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2013- Thomas Hickman Houselisted 2006
- Rivercenelisted 1973
Population over time
2 figuresNew Franklin fell from 1,089 to 1,027 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 | 1,089 | |
| 2020 | 1,027 | -62 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Glasgow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS New Franklin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of New Franklin between 2002 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176927-02732-04282018-1408 |
| 1 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 210515-02732-02212020-1420 |
| 26 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176864-02732-01262018-1934 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of New Franklin: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hall + Riley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Klusmeyer Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
38 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Franklin in 38 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 21 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1993 | Hail | New Franklin | $50,000 | Tennis ball size hail broke several car windows and dented parked cars at a nearby lumber yard. The New Franklin Police Department and an area farmer reported 1.00-inch-diameter hail and smaller covering the ground as deep as 3 inches in and east of New Franklin. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | $5,000 | Roof damage reported. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | $5,000 | Numerous power lines and poles were blown down. |
| March 1993 | Hail | New Franklin | $5,000 | Reported by the New Franklin Police Department. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | $5,000 | Reported by the New Franklin Police Department. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | $1,000 | Power lines downed. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | $500 | A large tree was reported uprooted, with several smaller trees snapped off. A carport was lifted up and then blown down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | $500 | Thunderstorm winds gusted up to 60 mph, with damage observed to a carport, that was lifted into the air and and blown down. A large tree was uprooted and several smaller trees were also snapped off. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | - | Downed tree and wires near Chancellor Street in New Franklin. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | - | Downed tree and wires near County Road 448. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | - | Multiple tree limbs and wires down just north of New Franklin. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | - | Social media photos of multiple trees and limbs down between Franklin and New Franklin. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | - | Tree limbs and wires down with power outages. |
| April 2023 | Hail | New Franklin | - | Hen egg sized hail was reported in New Franklin. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | - | A few broken residential windows with multiple mailboxes and road signs were blown over. |
| April 2014 | Hail | New Franklin | - | Strong winds were also reported. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | - | Tree downed on Highway EE. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | New Franklin | - | County road 433 closed due to high water. |
| June 1998 | Hail | New Franklin | - | The Chief of Police reported dime-size hail during a severe thunderstorm at New Franklin. |
| February 1998 | Heavy Rain | New Franklin | - | Heavy rains resulted in minor flooding of roadways. The worst of the road flooding was in southwest Howard County where Route Z just off of Highway 87 was closed due to high water. |
| April 1997 | Hail | New Franklin | - | Dime-size hail was reported during a severe thunderstorm along Route 5 10 miles north of New Franklin. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | - | Several trees were downed in and around the New Franklin area by severe thunderstorms. |
| April 1993 | Hail | New Franklin | - | Tennis ball size hail broke several car windows and dented parked cars at a nearby lumber yard. The New Franklin Police Department and an area farmer reported 1.00-inch-diameter hail and smaller covering the ground as deep as 3 inches in and east of New Franklin. |
| April 1993 | Hail | New Franklin | - | Tennis ball size hail broke several car windows and dented parked cars at a nearby lumber yard. The New Franklin Police Department and an area farmer reported 1.00-inch-diameter hail and smaller covering the ground as deep as 3 inches in and east of New Franklin. |
| March 2017 | Hail | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | New Franklin | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | New Franklin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Estill | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Boonesboro | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Petersburg | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Fayette | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hilldale | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lisbon | 10.9 miles | 17 | |
| Sebree | 13.3 miles | 16 |
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 New Franklin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q952379 | 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 723198. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.






