Palmer Divide Research

Franktown

Also: Frankstown · Russellville PO · California Ranch

Towns and settlementsLiving todayDouglas County

What we know

PO opened May 22, 1862 as Russellville, renamed Frankstown Sept. 8, 1862; made the county seat; county business later moved to the California Ranch.

Today: Census-designated place

Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 204741

The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.

See it on the map

Sources

Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.

Know more about Franktown?

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