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Frankfort Township is one of twelve townships in Franklin County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,443 and it contained 3,256 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,443 and it contained 3,256 housing units.
The student body had grown to 236, of whom 16 were seniors, and football was organized for the first time. In the fall of 1921, 300 students moved into the current Frankfort Community High School. It was designed by the nationally known school architect, Mr. William B. Ittner of St. Louis, Missouri.
The worst explosion occurred in 1951, in the Orient No. 2 Mine in West Frankfort, in which 119 people died. [9] The West Frankfort quadrangle of Franklin County is home to 17 coal mines, according to a 2004 report. [5]
Frankfort Township is bordered by Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43) on the east (where Cook County and Will County share a border), 183rd Street and Orland Parkway on the north (which is also the Cook-Will county border), Townline Road on the west, and Steger Road on the south.
Frankfort School District 157C and Summit Hill District 161 serve residents of Frankfort. As of 2018 the former district's middle school "Hickory Creek" is ranked 5th in the state. [17] Frankfort is home to Lincoln-Way East High School. Lincoln-Way East High School has won state championships in Football (2005, 2017, 2019), Girls Softball (2002 ...
The Daily American was an American daily newspaper in West Frankfort, Illinois, in operation from March 1920 until March 2015. In 1987, the paper was acquired by Hollinger. [2] Former owner GateHouse Media purchased roughly 160 daily and weekly newspapers from Hollinger in 1997. [3]
West Frankfort was first settled in 1895, when the Frankfort railway station was built 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Frankfort; the original city of Frankfort merged into West Frankfort in 1923. The city hall is a two-story brick building which was built by contractor S. M. Wilson at a cost of $35,000.