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Franklin Kansas Map

Explore Franklin, Kansas, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Franklin, Kansas

How to Use This Franklin, Kansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Franklin, Kansas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kansas or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Franklin.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Franklin
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Crawford County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.519979
Longitude	-94.696366
Population	473
Density	106.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	66735
Area Code	913
County Seat	Girard
School District	Northeast Unified School District 246

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About Franklin, Kansas

Franklin is a locality in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 473. The population density is 106.9 people per km². Franklin is located at 37.5200°N, 94.6964°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 66735.

Franklin reveals itself as a quiet expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut, anchored by the rhythmic sway of prairie grasses that catch the amber light of late afternoon. It lies 8.0 miles north of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 0°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north of Frontenac. The land here carries a heavy, terrestrial stillness, marked by the modest incision of First Cow Creek as it meanders through the landscape just a mile away, its banks lined with the skeletal grace of cottonwood trees. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain rises into the subtle, distant silhouettes of the Rombaugh Hills, visible only when the air turns crisp and clear, while the nearby Mined Land Wildlife Area provides a rugged, reclaimed topography that speaks to the shifting character of the earth.

Franklin maintains a stoic connection to its origins, defined by the enduring labor of those who once sought the riches buried beneath the soil. The local economy and identity remain tethered to this legacy of extraction and the subsequent reclamation of the land, a process that transformed industrial scars into the quiet, reclaimed vistas found at the Mined Land Wildlife Area. Residents navigate the daily rhythm of life along the Franklin Sidewalk, a path that serves as a modest artery through the center of the locality, connecting the familiar patterns of work and residence. Further afield, the stillness of Bone Creek Reservoir and the quiet density of the Lester R Davis Memorial State Forest offer a reprieve from the open plains, grounding the spirit in a landscape that values the quietude of the Kansas interior over the clamor of more crowded regions.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Franklin Community Center & Heritage Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 280° W
Miners Hall Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 275° W
Crawford Fishing Lake Number One (State Park) — 2.5 mi, 180° S
Mined Land Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 180° S
Frontenac (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 170° S
Prairie State Park (State Park) — 5.9 mi, 089° E
Deramus Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 180° S
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 186° S
Shawnee Trail Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 124° SE
Railroad Depot (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 184° S
Gus the Gorilla (Public Artwork) — 8.9 mi, 182° S
Ware Monument (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 000° N
Page Dragline (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 218° SW
Big Brutus (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 218° SW
Columbus Telephone Company 100 Year Memorial (Monument) — 25.5 mi, 198° S
Praying Hands (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 154° SE
Mining Days Amphitheater (Theatre) — 29.3 mi, 154° SE
Tow Mater (Attraction) — 30.5 mi, 174° S
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 30.8 mi, 161° S
Galena Mining & Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.9 mi, 174° S
Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum (Museum) — 30.9 mi, 165° S
Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.9 mi, 165° S
National Historical Cookie Cutter Exhibit (Gallery) — 30.9 mi, 165° S
Brush Creek Bridge (Viewpoint) — 30.9 mi, 185° S
Kansas Rocks (Theme Park) — 31.9 mi, 343° N
George Washington Carver National Monument (National Monument) — 40.9 mi, 153° SE · 241 acres
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.1 mi, 004° N · 15k acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.5 mi, 039° NE · 3,906 acres
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 74.5 mi, 142° SE · 1.5M acres

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