Franklinville, New York
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklinville town. It lies in ZIP code area 14737. It stands on Boyce Run. The Survey maps it on the Franklinville quadrangle. 1,652 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,591 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1924 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Franklinville
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 1 record
Park Square Historic Districtlisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresFranklinville fell from 1,740 to 1,652 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 | 1,740 | |
| 2020 | 1,652 | -88 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1924 USGS Franklinville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Franklinville quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Franklinville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Franklinville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 July 2018 | Other causes | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 10 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Franklinville: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Howard No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Franklinville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Franklinville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Machias Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Machias Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Machias Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Machias Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklinville in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Franklinville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $10,000 | Law Enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Maple Avenue. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Franklinville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $8,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Franklinville | $7,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $2,000 | Multiple trees and wires downed. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $2,000 | Trees were reported down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $1,500 | Tree and wires downed. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $1,000 | Trees were reported down in Franklinville. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklinville | $500 | A tree was downed in the village of Franklinville. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Franklinville | - | Storm total rainfall that was reported during the entirety of the passage of the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadiz | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| The Narrows | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bakerstand | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Laidlaw | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bird | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Machias Junction | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Fitch | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Farmersville | 5.6 miles | 14 |
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 Franklinville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3475013 | 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 950636. 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.







