About Franklin, Texas

Franklin is a city and the county seat of Robertson County, near the county's geographic center. Established as Morgan in 1872, the community became the county seat in 1879 and adopted the name Franklin when its original name conflicted with another Texas post office. The 2020 census recorded 1,614 residents.

  • Railroad BeginningsThe settlement began in 1872 as Morgan, named for an International Railway Company official, and had a depot and three stores within its first year.
  • New County SeatVoters moved Robertson County's seat from Calvert to Morgan in 1879, before the community changed its name to Franklin.
  • Early Civic BuildingsA frame schoolhouse followed the 1880 post office, and a stone courthouse was completed on January 7, 1882.
  • Historic LandmarksThe Robertson County Courthouse and Jail and the Franklin Carnegie Library are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Storm of 1913A 1913 windstorm destroyed every church structure and damaged every public building in Robertson County.

Find your street

Names on the Franklin map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Streets and roads76

  • West US Highway 79
  • North Owensville
  • Owensville Street
  • Main Street
  • East Railroad Street
  • South Duffey Street
  • South Main Street
  • Griffin Street
  • Giraud Street
  • Grand Street
  • Old Town Street
  • Grant Street
  • Holly Street
  • North Bremond Street
  • Bremond Street
  • West Decherd Street
  • North Glass Street
  • North Main Street
  • Center Street
  • FM 1644
  • Calvert Street
  • Glass Street
  • South FM 46
  • South Owensville Street
  • Wheelock Street
  • Englewood Street
  • Gay Street
  • South Glass Street
  • East Grant Street
  • Morgan Street
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  • Hearne Street
  • Perkins Street
  • North Watson Street
  • Watson Street
  • East Morehead Lane
  • Carter Street
  • FM 2446
  • Holly Road
  • Cooks Lane
  • Sharp Street
  • Park Street
  • Simmons Street
  • South Street
  • Jones Street
  • Sanders Lane
  • Ripley Street
  • Baxter Street
  • Duffy Street
  • Edwards Lane
  • Cedar Street
  • North Calvert Street
  • East Short Street
  • North Street
  • Forest Lane
  • Poetter Street
  • North Hill
  • Alley Street
  • Duffey Street
  • Watson
  • Ceder Heights
  • Ripley Road
  • East Decherd Street
  • West Giraud Street
  • Franklin Calvert Road
  • West Morgan Street
  • South Center Street
  • East Morgan Street
  • Englewood
  • Henry Prairie Road
  • East Gay Street
  • East Englewood Street
  • West Giraund Street
  • Morehead Street
  • West Grant Street
  • North Marshall Lane
  • Roberts Road

Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.

The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

    Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.

Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

The Details

About This Print

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A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.

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