Franklin, California

About Franklin

Set in the northwestern part of California, Franklin is a small unincorporated community.

Franklin holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.11 square miles.

📰 Franklin News Today

• Joe W. FRANKLIN The Press Democrat · Oct 7
• Franklin High student who fell from railing died by suicide, coroner determines Los Angeles Times · Oct 6
• Everything Virginia Tech Head Coach James Franklin Said Monday Ahead of California Trip 247Sports · Oct 6
• Franklin California High Yield Municipal Fund Q2 2026 Commentary (FVCAX) Seeking Alpha · Sep 28
• Schedule - Franklin Wildcats (Elk Grove, CA) Football 26-27 MaxPreps · Oct 7

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest California headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Franklin Unique

• One of 30 places in the US named Franklin — but the California one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northwestern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Elk Grove (5 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Franklin

• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Huckleberry's
• Joy City — chinese
• Mountain Mike's — pizza
• Peet's Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• Pete's — pizza
• The Cookie Plug — dessert
• The Dolly Llama — dessert
• Wasabi — japanese

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Franklin

• George Park reviews ★
• Backer, Sr. Park reviews ★
• Bradford Park reviews ★
• Buscher Park reviews ★
• Caterino Park reviews ★
• Don Nottoli Park reviews ★
• Ehrhardt Oaks Park reviews ★
• Henderson Park reviews ★
• Houde Park reviews ★
• Johnson Park reviews ★
• Jungkeit Park reviews ★
• Keema Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Franklin

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