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| | History |
 | | Franklin Township received grants of $5,000 and $8,750 over two years from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to take, transcribe and compile digital videotape oral histories from our 70, 80- and 90-year old residents. |
 | | With modern surveying methods, Franklin Township was actually determined to be 5.22 miles from east to west and 5.52 miles north to south, consisting of 18441.8 acres. |
 | | Franklin Center, or Franklin Corners, as it was called in the post office directory of the time, lies eight miles from Girard, Fairview and McKean, five miles from Sterrettania and 17 miles from Erie. |
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