Franklin, PA (Borough)

Franklin is a city in and the county seat of Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States, located at the confluence of French Creek and the Allegheny River. The 2020 census counted 6,077 residents. Franklin is part of the Oil City micropolitan area. Franklin is known for its three-day autumn festival in October, Applefest, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors. Franklin is home to the DeBence Antique Music World, a museum whose collection contains more than 100 antique mechanical musical instruments. The short version is that Franklin carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now.

That is the local read on Franklin: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Franklin is located at the confluence of French Creek and the Allegheny River, an important site used for centuries by Native Americans. They had long before developed what became known as the Venango Path, passing from the head of French Creek north to Presque Isle Bay on Lake Erie. Confluence of French Creek and the Allegheny River in Franklin Franklin from the air Climate.