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Photograph of Franklin Village Historic District
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Upstate New York, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Franklin Village Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.

From the record

“Franklin Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Franklin in Delaware County, New York. The district contains 242 contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and one contributing object.”

Wikipedia article Franklin Village Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 78 National Register listings published here for Delaware County · listed in 1984 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

81 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Franklin Village Historic District between 2001 and 2018, burning about 70 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning16
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkSIDNEY CENTER

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Franklin Village Historic District: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Franklin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
M.Hazlett No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasProspect

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this property

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklin, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013Flash FloodNorth Franklin$20,000Flooding of small streams and creeks occurred along Frank Slawson Road and Route 28 in the Town of Meredith.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNorth Franklin$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees, blocking Highway 28.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindFranklin$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires in the Franklin area.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFranklin$10,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Route 357 and Lawton Hill Road.
November 2006Flash FloodFranklin$10,000Roads flooded in the western part of the county.
December 1996Flash FloodFranklin$10,000no account filed
September 2023Flash FloodFranklin$7,000Bissell Road washed out in the Town of Franklin. Rushing water and boulders destroyed a culvert and the road covering.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFranklin$5,000Trees were blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindFranklin$5,000Several trees down.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Franklin$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees that blocked a road.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Franklin$2,000Power lines were blown down on Route 28 and Franklin Mountain by strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindFranklin$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFranklin$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on a road.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindNorth Franklin$1,000Trees were blown down, blocking a roadway.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindFranklin$1,000Trees were blown down in Franklin.
July 2008HailFranklin-Hail lasted for 3 minutes.
July 2019HailNorth Franklin-no account filed
July 2010HailFranklin-no account filed
September 2010HailFranklin-no account filed
June 2009HailFranklin-no account filed
July 2008HailFranklin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware County

Maps showing this location

9 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
New Stone Hall0.2 miles1980
Schoolhouse No. 56.4 miles2011
West Meredith Cemetery7.1 miles2003
Amos Bristol Tavern7.8 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84002220 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Delaware CountyAll 78 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.