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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Frankfort, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Concord Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45628. It stands on Oldtown Run. The Survey maps it on the Frankfort quadrangle. 1,084 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 738 feet above sea level.

Frankfort within Ross County

Population over time

2 figures

Frankfort grew from 1,064 to 1,084 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. 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,064
20201,084+20 (+2%)

Then and now

1912 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Frankfort, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Frankfort, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 sheets

Matched 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.

Fires nearby

2 since 2009

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Frankfort between 2009 and 2016, burning about 2 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
Debris and open burning2

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
23 March 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4948

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ross County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 808 shown

Museums hold 808 specimens collected within 10 miles of Frankfort between 1895 and 1975: 670 Animalia, 75 Fungi, 60 Plantae, 2 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer & W. LeGrande, Alexander, R.D., Allen, J. (John) and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 1813Puccinia flosculosorum Röhl., 18131895F. L. S.Ross County
Specimen of Puccinia tanaceti DC.Puccinia tanaceti DC.1895F. L. StevensRoss County
Specimen of Puccinia violae (Schumach.) DC.Puccinia violae (Schumach.) DC.1895F. L. StevensRoss County
A photograph of the species Elanoides forficatus, not of this specimenElanoides forficatus forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758)1898Seip, J. (John)Near Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Heterosternuta wickhami, not of this specimenHeterosternuta wickhami (Zaitzev, 1908)1898Scott O'Dee
A photograph of the species Lophodytes cucullatus, not of this specimenLophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)1901not recordedRoss, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Lophophanes Kaup, not of this specimenLophophanes Kaup, 18291901Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Ross, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Clitocybe cartilaginea, not of this specimenClitocybe cartilaginea (Bull.) Bres.1902Hard, MironChillicoth
Cantharellus floccosus Schwein.1903Hard, MironChilicothe
Favolus europaeus Fr.1903Hard, MironChillicoth
A photograph of the species Panus torulosus, not of this specimenPanus torulosus (Pers.) Fr.1903Hard, Miron; Troyer, AChillicoth
A photograph of the species Clitocybe Staude, not of this specimenClitocybe (Fr.) Staude, 18571905Hard, MironChillocothe

All 808 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Frankfort: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Fuller Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Fuller Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ross County

Storms nearby

31 since 1994

The National Weather Service names Frankfort in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 flood, 5 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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
June 1996LightningFrankfort1 killed, 2 hurt, $50,000no account filed
March 2023Tornado (EF0)Frankfort$15,000This short-lived tornado is believed to have touched down just to the southwest of Adena Middle/High School, west of County Road 550. Several trees were uprooted along a tree line approximately 750 yards to the west of County Road 550, with additional minor tree damage closer to the road near a commercial property.||On the east side of County Road 550, several other trees were uprooted or snapped along the southern portion of Climer Lane, closest to the school grounds. A video near this location appeared to show a short-lived tornadic circulation moving approximately southwest to northeast between Climer Lane and the school grounds. Tree damage was a bit more extensive toward the southern parts of the properties on Climer Lane toward the athletic fields. Here, a concession stand suffered minor roof damage and a chain-linked fence was damaged as well.||The tornado is believed to have tracked a bit further to the northeast, damaging a barn/outbuilding structure near the cul-de-sac of Climer Lane before dissipating.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindFrankfort$15,000Several power poles and trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A camper was also damaged due to the winds.
May 2011Flash FloodFrankfort$15,000Twenty residents were evacuated from their homes and two people were rescued from vehicles due to flash flooding.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindFrankfort$8,000Trees and large limbs were downed. A metal roof was blown off of a shed.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindFrankfort$5,000Two trees fell down, one fell on a house.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindFrankfort$5,000A tree fell on a house in Frankfort due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2001Flash FloodFrankfort$5,000Heavy rainfall flooded U.S. 35 around Frankfort.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindFrankfort$5,000Trees and power lines downed.
May 2000Flash FloodFrankfort$5,000Heavy rainfall caused several roads to be closed.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindFrankfort$3,000no account filed
May 2011Flash FloodFrankfort$2,000Several roads were closed due to heavy rainfall.
May 2011FloodFrankfort$2,000Multiple roads were closed due to high waters.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFrankfort$1,000A tree was downed.
July 2025FloodFrankfort-Crawford Road was closed due to high standing water.
July 2025FloodFrankfort-U.S. Route 35 had standing water covering a portion of the roadway. Banks were full on both sides of the highway.
September 2024FloodFrankfort-High water was reported in several low lying areas across Ross County.
July 2021FloodFrankfort-One lane of a road was closed due to high water from a flooded culvert.
June 2018FloodFrankfort-High water was reported over a road.
May 2012FloodFrankfort-A couple of roads were closed in the area due to high water caused by heavy rainfall.
May 2001Flash FloodFrankfort-Roads flooded
June 1994HailFrankfort-Trees were downed.
July 2012HailFrankfort-no account filed
May 2011HailFrankfort-no account filed
May 2011HailFrankfort-no account filed
March 2011HailFrankfort-no account filed
March 2011HailFrankfort-no account filed
September 2010HailFrankfort-no account filed
April 2010HailFrankfort-no account filed
June 2009HailFrankfort-no account filed
April 2001HailFrankfort-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ross County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Roxabell1.2 miles13
Musselman3.1 miles11
Austin3.3 miles13
Lattaville3.9 miles11
Sulphur Lick4.3 miles14
Greenland4.4 miles14
Maple Grove4.5 miles14
Harper5.0 miles13

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 FrankfortAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2414606The 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 1064673. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.