Editing Franklin Park, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==

Franklin Park was originally part of Western Pennsylvania's [[Depreciation Lands]], but in 1823 residents petitioned to secede from [[Ohio Township, Pennsylvania|Ohio Township]] and a new township was formed. In August 1823, the township included land from what is today Franklin Park, [[Bradford Woods, Pennsylvania|Bradford Woods]], and [[Marshall Township, Pennsylvania|Marshall Township]]. Marshall Township was founded forty years later, while Bradford Woods seceded from Marshall in 1915.

Originally, Franklin Township had no towns, but the area's scattered businesses and residencies (which consisted of farms, schools, country stores and churches) enjoyed a thriving oil and gas industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s. [[Subdivision (land)|Subdivisions]] came after [[World War II]] and in August 1961 it finally became a borough.<ref>{{cite web |title=Franklin Park, a community in transition, celebrates bicentennial |url=https://triblive.com/local/franklin-park-a-community-in-transition-celebrates-bicentennial/ |website=Trib Live |date=July 28, 2023 |access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref>