Franklin West Virginia Map
Explore Franklin, West Virginia, 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, West Virginia
How to Use This Franklin, West Virginia Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Franklin, West Virginia. 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 West Virginia 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 | West Virginia (WV) |
| County | Brooke County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.645266 |
| Longitude | -79.333342 |
| Population | 495 |
| Density | 340.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 26055, 26807 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| County Seat | Wellsburg |
| School District | Pendleton County School District |
About Franklin, West Virginia
Franklin is a locality in Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 495. The population density is 340.1 people per km². Franklin is located at 38.6453°N, 79.3333°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Franklin is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 26055, 26807.Franklin holds the quiet persistence of the high ground, defined by the constant, rhythmic passage of Pierce Run as it carves through the earth. It lies 10.3 miles south-southeast of Weirton, WV (from Weirton, WV: bearing 166°T), and is situated 8.2 miles southeast of Steubenville. The landscape around Franklin unfolds in a series of deep, shadowed folds, where the descent into Coal Hollow marks a sudden shift in the light, turning the afternoon gold into a cool, blue dusk. Beyond the immediate terrain, the distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains anchor the horizon, providing a permanent backdrop to the dense, green canopy that stretches toward the nearby Fernwood State Forest. The air here carries the scent of damp loam and pine, a persistent, earthy clarity that remains long after the sun dips behind the ridges.
Franklin thrives on a foundation of independent labor and the slow, deliberate pace of land-tethered commerce. Residents find a communal anchor at Brooke Hills Park, a space that mirrors the rugged, open character of the surrounding geography. While the economy remains rooted in the traditional industries that once shaped the state, the local rhythm is dictated more by the seasons and the cycle of the forest than by the clamor of external markets. Life in Franklin turns on the quiet maintenance of home and heritage, a steady existence far removed from the frantic pace of the lowlands, where the nearby Bowden Ponds offer a solitary, reflective stillness amidst the broader, working landscape.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Franklin Town Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 200° S
- Thorn Spring Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 200° S
- Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 3.8 mi, 338° N · 922k acres
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 188° S
- Pike Knob Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 288° W
- George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 5.6 mi, 106° E · 1.1M acres
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 106° E
- German Valley Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.1 mi, 315° NW
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 352° N · 100k acres
- Seneca Caverns (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 340° N
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 207° SW
- Roaring Plains West Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.6 mi, 347° N · 6,794 acres
- Ramseys Draft Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.2 mi, 179° S · 6,577 acres
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 227° SW
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 226° SW
- Charles P. Jones Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 220° SW
- Old Sexton Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 21.3 mi, 184° S
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 187° S
- Camp Bartow Historic Site (Historic Castle / Fort) — 24.9 mi, 253° W
- Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.2 mi, 350° N · 34k acres
- Braithwaite Studios (Gallery) — 26.5 mi, 127° SE
- Fort Harrison (Historic Castle / Fort) — 26.6 mi, 126° SE
- Fort Mulligan (Registered Battlefield) — 26.7 mi, 023° NE
- Memorial Garden (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 132° SE
- Love Essence (Public Artwork) — 27.2 mi, 116° SE
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial (Monument) — 27.6 mi, 266° W
- Court Square Theater (Cinema) — 28.4 mi, 118° SE
- Museum Of American Jewelry Design and Manufacturing (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 119° SE
- Explore More Discovery Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 118° SE
- Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 39.2 mi, 134° SE · 197k acres
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About This Franklin Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Franklin, West Virginia. Coordinates: 38.645266, -79.333342. 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 (26055, 26807), telephone area code (304), county seat of Brooke County (Wellsburg), and school district assignment (Pendleton County 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. |
