Explore New Franklin, Ohio, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New Franklin, Ohio. 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 Ohio 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 New 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 | New Franklin |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Stark County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.954288 |
| Longitude | -81.584869 |
| Population | 13,877 |
| Density | 214.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 44657, 44216 |
| Area Code | 330, 440 |
| County Seat | Canton |
| School District | Manchester Local School District |
New Franklin holds the quiet weight of the Ohio interior, where the land settles into a series of measured, earth-toned swells that rise toward the distant silhouette of Baxter Ridge. It lies 8.1 miles south of Alliance, OH (from Alliance, OH: bearing 175°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east-southeast of Louisville. Soft light filters through the canopy at dusk, casting long, bruised shadows over the fields and giving the local greenery a deep, almost metallic luster. A mile to the west, the waters of Brocklehurst Lake remain mirror-still, reflecting the heavy clouds that gather above the horizon, while the Middle Branch Sandy Creek carves a path through the soil, its current barely audible against the rustle of dry grasses. The air here carries a crisp, inland dryness, distinct from the humid dampness of the lower plains, and the silence of the landscape is interrupted only by the rhythmic shift of the wind across the open spaces.
New Franklin functions as a quiet intersection of rural tradition and the steady, persistent pulse of the regional economy, defined by a history that looks toward the labor of the earth rather than the vanity of monuments. Residents move with a deliberate pace, their daily lives shaped by the proximity of the Shenandoah Valley, which provides a natural corridor for the cooling evening air to settle over the local acreage. While the Pleasant View Golf Club offers a curated expanse of manicured lawn for the community to gather, the true character of New Franklin is found in the endurance of its older neighborhoods and the way the seasons turn the color of the surrounding woods. Industry has evolved here, moving from the heavy extraction of the past to a more varied, modern utility, yet the essential fiber of the place remains tied to the land and the steady, unadorned rhythm of the working day.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Franklin, Ohio. Coordinates: 40.954288, -81.584869. 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 New Franklin includes the ZIP code (44657, 44216), telephone area code (330, 440), county seat of Stark County (Canton), and school district assignment (Manchester Local School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |