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Franklin, California is a small town about 2 miles south of Elk Grove . The town was named after the Franklin Hotel which has been gone for many years.

The only businesses that run the town are The Franklin Restaurant, King's Skate Counrty , and Gil's Bar and Store. Franklin is not far from the bigger businesses in Elk Grove.


FRANKLIN CEMETERY


There is a cemetery right infront of Franklin Elementary School that is the final resting place of many settlers of not only Sacramento but from all over California . Its most famous gravesite being of Alexander Hamilton Willard who was a member of the Lewis And Clark Expedition . The gravesite is California Historical Landmark #657.


SCHOOLS


  • Franklin Elementary School