Franklintown, Pennsylvania

Franklintown, Pennsylvania
Borough
Franklintown's post office
Location in York County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Coordinates: 40°04′36″N 77°01′47″W / 40.07667°N 77.02972°W / 40.07667; -77.02972Coordinates: 40°04′36″N 77°01′47″W / 40.07667°N 77.02972°W / 40.07667; -77.02972
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	York
Settled	1813
Incorporated	1869
Government
• Type	Borough Council
• Mayor	Robert Wolfe
• Borough Council President	Richard Blouch
Area
• Total	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)
Elevation	367 ft (112 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	489
• Density	2,400/sq mi (940/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Zip code	17323
Area code(s)	717
Website	Franklintown's website

Franklintown is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 489 at the 2010 census.

Franklintown is located at 40°4′36″N 77°1′47″W / 40.07667°N 77.02972°W / 40.07667; -77.02972 (40.076671, -77.029619).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²), all of it land.

As of the census of 2000, there were 532 people, 211 households, and 147 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,154.3 people per square mile (821.6/km²). There were 222 housing units at an average density of 899.0 per square mile (342.9/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.68% White, 0.19% African American, 0.56% Native American and 0.56% Asian. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.94% of the population.

There were 211 households out of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.93.