Franklin Maryland Map

About Franklin, Maryland

Franklin is a locality in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 253. The population density is 353.9 people per km². Franklin is located at 39.4981°N, 79.0461°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21562.

Franklin defines the rugged character of the landscape where Georges Creek carves a persistent path through the earth. It lies 13.9 miles east-southeast of Garrett, MD (from Garrett, MD: bearing 110°T), and is situated 5.5 miles northwest of Keyser. The terrain surrounding Franklin rises in quiet, heavy swells of land, holding the cool, damp weight of the interior plateau. Three miles away, the dark, still waters of the Barton Debris Basin catch the slate-gray light of late afternoon, mirroring the silence that settles over the nearby basin of Wildcat Hollow. Though the jagged heights of the Appalachian Mountains remain distant, standing as a hazy, purple-bruised line against the horizon, the immediate vicinity feels intimate and enclosed, defined by the steady, rhythmic flow of the creek and the deep, enduring shadows cast by the surrounding woodland.

Franklin carries the quiet gravity of a place built on the extraction of coal and the labor of the earth, an economy once fueled by the very geology that gives the region its sharp, angular form. The presence of Creekside Park offers a small, manicured reprieve from the industrial legacy that lingers in the weathered brick and the narrow, winding roads. Life in Franklin moves with the deliberate, unadorned pace of those who live by the seasons rather than the clock, where the air retains the crisp, metallic tang of the nearby Savage River State Forest. Even as the modern world encroaches, the settlement retains an austere, singular identity, anchored by the persistent waters of Georges Creek and the memory of the deep, subterranean work that once defined the horizon.

About This Franklin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Franklin, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.498148, -79.04614. 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 includes the ZIP code (21562), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Allegany County (Cumberland), and school district assignment (Allegany County Public Schools).

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.