Franklin Park Florida Map

About Franklin Park, Florida

Franklin Park is a locality in Broward County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,025. The population density is 3044.3 people per km². Franklin Park is located at 26.1341°N, 80.1762°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 33311.

Franklin Park exists as a low-lying expanse defined by the patient, dark currents of the North Fork New River that slide quietly through its western edge. It lies 2.2 miles west-northwest of Fort Lauderdale, FL (from Fort Lauderdale, FL: bearing 292°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-northeast of Pembroke Pines. {SYSTEM_NAVIGATION_SENTENCE} The landscape here is characterized by a humid, subtropical stillness, where the heavy air carries the scent of damp earth and thick, encroaching palmetto scrub. Sunlight in Franklin Park often takes on a bruised, golden quality in the late afternoon, casting long, sharp shadows across the flat terrain that stretches toward the distant, unseen salt of the coast. Though the horizon remains stubbornly level, the atmosphere feels dense with the potential of sudden, electric storms that frequently roll across the flatlands, reminding any observer of the region's reputation as a lightning capital.

Franklin Park serves as a modest residential anchor within a broader, rapidly evolving landscape, maintaining a pace that favors suburban endurance over the frantic development found closer to the salt spray of Hillsboro Inlet. The local economy persists as a quiet intersection of service-oriented enterprise and the legacy of earlier agricultural ambitions that once shaped the surrounding soil. Residents often look toward the distant presence of Cypress Lake or the orientation of Pine Island as markers in their mental maps, yet the rhythm of the day is dictated more by the immediate, mundane traffic of the streets than by these remote geographic features. Despite the pressure of modern expansion, Franklin Park retains a distinct, unpretentious character, holding onto its identity through the collective maintenance of its namesake green space and the steady, unremarkable persistence of its people.

About This Franklin Park Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Franklin Park, Florida. Coordinates: 26.134061, -80.1762. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Franklin Park includes the ZIP code (33311), telephone area code (954, 754), county seat of Broward County (Fort Lauderdale), and school district assignment (Broward County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.