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Franklin Texas Map

Explore Franklin, Texas, 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, Texas

How to Use This Franklin, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Franklin, Texas. 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 Texas 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	Texas (TX)
County	Liberty County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.025014
Longitude	-96.487494
Population	1,614
Density	532.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	77575, 77856
Area Code	281, 409
County Seat	Liberty
School District	Franklin Independent School District

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About Franklin, Texas

Franklin is a locality in Liberty County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,614. The population density is 532.6 people per km². Franklin is located at 31.0250°N, 96.4875°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Franklin is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 77575, 77856.

Franklin emerges from the dense, humid embrace of the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, a landscape where the heavy, silt-laden breath of the Trinity River carves a slow path through the bottomland forests. It lies 26.1 miles east-northeast of New Caney, TX (from New Caney, TX: bearing 71°T), and is situated 16.7 miles north-northeast of Dayton. The air here holds a weight of damp earth and decaying leaves, a stillness broken only by the sharp, sudden chatter of cicadas hidden within the canopy. To the north, the rounded, modest rise of Davis Hill anchors the horizon, providing a solitary point of elevation above the flat, sprawling reaches of the basin. Further out, the surface of Double Lakes offers a muted reflection of the Texas sky, a place where the water sits stagnant and glass-like, framed by the ragged edges of thick, tangled scrub.

Franklin remains a testament to the quiet persistence of inland life, where the local economy is etched into the rhythms of agriculture and the stewardship of the surrounding protected wilderness. The legacy of the land is found in the deep, alluvial soil that has long dictated the pace of labor, drawing its character from the cycles of the river and the slow migration of seasons through the refuge. Residents move with a deliberate, measured caution, their days defined by the maintenance of fences and the steady, unadorned work that keeps the region functioning. In the fading light of evening, the shadows lengthen across the low-lying terrain of Prairie Marsh Gully, leaving Franklin to exist in a state of suspended quiet, far removed from the frantic pace of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Robertson County Courthouse (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 014° N
Franklin Carnegie Library (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 051° NE
Franklin City Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 298° NW
Old Franklin (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 231° SW
Eastside Park (Local Park) — 10.9 mi, 209° SW
Hearne Baseball Park (Local Recreation) — 12.2 mi, 209° SW
Dragon Creek MB (Conservation Area) — 17.5 mi, 033° NE
StageCenter Community Theatre (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 164° S
Square One Art Gallery (Public Artwork) — 25.1 mi, 164° S
The Grand Stafford Theater (Theatre) — 25.2 mi, 164° S
Earth Art (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 164° S
Children's Museum of Brazos Valley (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 164° S
City Course At The Phillips Event Center (Local Recreation) — 26.2 mi, 161° S
Star Cinema Grill (Cinema) — 29.0 mi, 162° S
M. Benz Gallery of Floral Art (Gallery) — 29.5 mi, 162° S
J Wayne Stark University Center Galleries (Gallery) — 29.8 mi, 163° S
MSC Forsyth Galleries (Gallery) — 29.8 mi, 163° S
Fort Boggy State Park (State Park) — 30.7 mi, 070° E
Milam County Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 248° W
Texas A&M University Aquaculture Research Teaching Facility (Recreation Easement) — 32.4 mi, 173° S
Limestone County Historical Museum (Museum) — 34.8 mi, 355° N
Burleson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 36.1 mi, 200° S
Burleson County Czech Heritage Museum (Museum) — 36.2 mi, 200° S
Fort Parker State Park (State Park) — 38.8 mi, 356° N
Keechi Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 47.9 mi, 054° NE
Miller's Theater (Cinema) — 50.0 mi, 152° SE
Waco Traffic Circle (Attraction) — 51.4 mi, 312° NW
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 51.6 mi, 129° SE · 163k acres
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 55.8 mi, 129° SE · 3,956 acres
Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 67.1 mi, 080° E · 161k acres

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