Place:Franklinville (town), Cattaraugus, New York, United States

Watchers
Larger map


NameFranklinville (town)
Alt namesFranklinville
TypeTown
Coordinates42.333°N 78.45°W
Located inCattaraugus, New York, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Franklinville is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 2,811 at the 2020 census.[1]

Franklinville is an interior town, located in the northeast quadrant of the county. Franklinville is also the name of a village in the town.

[edit]

History

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

The town was first settled around 1806 by Joseph McCluer and known then as McCluer Settlement.

The Town of Hebe was established in 1812 from the town of Olean, at the time the only town in the county, and consisted of the entire northern half of the county. The size of Hebe (later dubbed "Ischua," not to be confused with the current town of the same name to the south) was reduced by the formation of new towns in the county: Perry (the northwest quadrant, 1814), Ellicottville, Freedom and Yorkshire (1820), and Farmersville (1821). In 1824, the town was dubbed Franklinville after the recently deceased William Temple Franklin, an agent with the Holland Land Company in his later years and the grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Lyndon was split off from Franklinville in 1829.

[edit]

Research Tips

[edit]

External Links

  • Outstanding guide to Franklinville family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Franklinville (town), New York. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Franklinville_%28town%29%2C_Cattaraugus%2C_New_York%2C_United_States"