Franklin Park, Pennsylvania

History

Franklin Park was originally part of Western Pennsylvania's Depreciation Lands, but in 1823 residents petitioned to secede from Ohio Township and a new township was formed. In August 1823, the township included land from what is today Franklin Park, Bradford Woods, and Marshall Township. Marshall Township was founded forty years later, while Bradford Woods seceded from Marshall in 1915.

Originally, Franklin Township had no towns, but the area's scattered businesses and residencies (which consisted of farms, schools, country stores and churches) enjoyed a thriving oil and gas industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Subdivisions came after World War II and in August 1961 it finally became a borough.

Geography

Franklin Park is located at (40.590459, –80.092046).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 13.6 sqmi, all land.

Surrounding neighborhoods

Franklin Park has eight borders, including Marshall Township to the north, Pine Township in the northeast corner, McCandless to the east, Ross Township to the southeast, Ohio Township to the south, Sewickley Hills to the west, Bell Acres from the west-northwest to northwest, and Economy in Beaver County in the northwest corner.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 11,364 people, 3,866 households, and 3,282 families residing in the borough. The population density was 836.5 PD/sqmi. There were 3,973 housing units at an average density of 292.5 /sqmi.

The racial makeup of the borough was 95.05% White, 1.02% African American, 0.04% Native American, 2.89% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population.

There were 3,866 households, out of which 45.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.0% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.1% were non-families. 13.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 30.8% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 29.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males.

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Parks and recreation

Recreational areas of Franklin Park include:

• Acorn Park
• Blueberry Hill Park
• Linbrook Park
• Fifer's Fields Conservation Area
• Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 203

Government and politics

Franklin Park is governed by an elected six-member council, mayor, and a hired manager. Each of the borough's three wards elects two members to the council. The council elects a President, Vice-President, and Second Vice-President.

Each year, Council appoints a local high school student to serve as the Junior Councilperson.

• [2017-2019] Republicans-5 (Hogg, Coombs, Lawrence, Myslinski, Lawrence, Schwartzmier), Multiparty-1 (Parks), Democrats-0
• [2026] Democrats will hold all six borough council seats (Jiang Li, Uday Palled, Venu Paruvelli, Laura Czekaj, Brian Malkin, and J. Curtis Neil, II.

Schools

Franklin Park is served by the North Allegheny School District, including North Allegheny Senior High School, along with the Town of McCandless, Marshall Township and the borough of Bradford Woods. It participates in the multi-municipality Northland Public Library.

References

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