# Franktown

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/franktown/
- Also known as: Frankstown; Russellville PO; California Ranch
- Kind: Towns and settlements
- Status: Living today
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.3914, -104.7528 (USGS GNIS point)
- Post office: Russellville, 1862; Frankstown, 1862–1864; Franktown, 1862 to today

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

PO opened May 22, 1862 as Russellville, renamed Frankstown Sept. 8, 1862; made the county seat; county business later moved to the California Ranch.

Today: Census-designated place

## Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 204741

The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.

## Nearby

- [Franktown Cemetery](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/franktown-cemetery/): 0.0 mi northeast
- [Pikes Peak Grange hall](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/pikes-peak-grange-hall/): 1.3 mi northwest
- [Castlewood Canyon Dam](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/castlewood-canyon-dam/): 3.5 mi south
- [Wyatt's sawmill (1859)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/wyatts-sawmill-1859/): 4.2 mi southeast
- [Russellville](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/russellville/): 4.3 mi southeast
- [Reynolds gang shot (Sept. 1864)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/reynolds-gang-shot-sept-1864/): 4.4 mi southeast

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.