Alaska Gazetteer
Franklin Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Southeast Fairbanks (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Franklin Creek places it within the 99732 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Franklin Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | flows E to South Fork Fortymile River 48 mi. SW of Eagle, Youkon-Tanana High. 6 miles long. |
| History: | "Named by prospectors for Howard Franklin, prospector, who in 1886 ""went up the Fortymile, where on September 7 he found gold in the river bars 25 miles from the mouth and a little later on Franklin Creek, a tributary of the main river"" (Brooks, 1953, p. 328). The name was first reported in 1890 by E. H. Wells of the Leslie Expedition." |
| Borough: | Southeast Fairbanks (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 64.1636123657 |
| Longitude: | -141.77444458 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Franklin Creek: Franklin Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Franklin Creek does not include property ownership information.
| Jack Wade, AK (9.5 miles E) |
