Delaware County > Franklin

County: Delaware

Population: 258


The community was named for Temple Franklin, son of Benjamin Franklin.


John Lennon and Yoko Ono purchased farmland here decades ago. Ono kept the property after Lennon’s death, and reportedly lived there during the Covid pandemic.

School districts: Franklin Central School District
Libraries: Franklin Free Library

Emergency services: Franklin Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Rotary

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Ouleout Valley Cemetery

Change agents:

Grants to local organizations have funded food backpacks, a school field trip, theater basement renovation, village water tank replacement, and other initiatives.


Recent grants:
GRANT KEY:


Franklin Central School
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Franklin Central School
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $2,138  (2023)

Franklin Central School
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Franklin Community Educational Foundation
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $2,850  (2023)

Franklin Community Educational Foundation
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $3,000  (2023)

Franklin Free Library
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $1,500  (2023)

Franklin Free Library
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Franklin Highway Department
  Helfgott-Renfroe Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $1,000  (2024)

Franklin Highway Department
  Helfgott-Renfroe Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $1,000  (2023)

Franklin Railroad Museum
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $4,700  (2023)

Franklin Railroad Museum
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $3,000  (2023)

Franklin Stage Company
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $20,000  (2023)

Franklin Stage Company
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $7,100  (2023)

Franklin Stage Company
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $5,000  (2023)

Franklin Stage Company
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $3,675  (2023)

Franklin Stage Company
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $3,625  (2023)

Franklin Stage Company
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $1,750  (2023)

Franklin Stage Company
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $1,325  (2023)

Franklin Stage Company
  Anna L Mabey Foundation  -  Norwich, NY  -  $3,500  (2023)

Franklin Stage Company
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $25,000  (2024)

Franklin Stage Company
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $10,000  (2024)

Franklin Stage Company
  New York State Council on the Arts  -  New York, NY  -  $40,000  (2023)

Franklin Stage Company
  Tianaderrah Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $25,000  (2023)

Franklin Stage Company
  Tri-M Foundation  -  New York, NY  -  $7,000  (2023)

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
  A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation  -  Delhi, NY  -  $4,675  (2023)


Largest nonprofits in Franklin (by assets) include:

Walter Rich Charitable Foundation
Ouleout Valley Cemetery Assoc
Franklin Railroad and Community Museum
Franklin Stock Company at Chapel Hall
Franklin Free Library
Tom Morgan & Erna J Mcreynolds Charitable Foundation
St. Innocents Retreat
Frederick Erdman Association
Love and Hope Animal Sanctuary