Franks, Illinois

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Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States

Franks, Illinois

Unincorporated community

Franks

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Coordinates: 41°42′39″N 88°40′47″W﻿ / ﻿41.71083°N 88.67972°W﻿ / 41.71083; -88.67972
Country| United States
State| Illinois
County| DeKalb
Elevation

| 725 ft (221 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)| 815 & 779
GNIS feature ID| 422711[1]

Franks is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States, located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northwest of Sandwich.

Originally, Franks was the village of Somonauk. Founded in 1834, it was situated on Chicago Rd, a mail route that ran from Chicago to the far West. There were dozens of small cabins along Somonauk Creek; wmong them was an Underground Railroad stop. Many of the people of Somonauk died due to lack of food and poverty. Recently, an original house from the Somonauk settlement caught fire. In the mid-1840s, the double-track CB&Q mainline was built from Chicago to Galesburg, prompting the whole village to relocate to the present-day village of Somonauk.[citation needed]

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Franks, Illinois

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Municipalities and communities of DeKalb County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Sycamore

Cities|

* DeKalb
* Genoa
* Sandwich‡
* Sycamore

Map of Illinois highlighting DeKalb County

Town|

* Cortland

Villages|

* Hinckley
* Kingston
* Kirkland
* Lee‡
* Malta
* Maple Park‡
* Shabbona
* Somonauk‡
* Waterman

Townships|

* Afton
* Clinton
* Cortland
* DeKalb
* Franklin
* Genoa
* Kingston
* Malta
* Mayfield
* Milan
* Paw Paw
* Pierce
* Sandwich
* Shabbona
* Somonauk
* South Grove
* Squaw Grove
* Sycamore
* Victor

Unincorporated
communities|

* Afton Center
* Charter Grove
* Clare
* Colvin Park
* East Paw Paw‡
* Elva
* Esmond
* Fairdale
* Five Points
* Franks
* McGirr
* New Lebanon
* Rollo
* Shabbona Grove
* Wilkinson

Ghost towns|

* Brush Point
* Coltonville

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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