Indiana · Census place 1825702

Frankton, Indiana

Frankton is a town in Madison County, Indiana with an estimated 1,817 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 221st largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,817
#221 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+2.4%
+43 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
1,714 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Frankton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Frankton population, 2020 to 2024

Frankton added 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +21.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,775. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Frankton covers 1.06 square miles of land, for 1,714 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Frankton is close to the typical town.

What county Frankton is in

All of Frankton's residents live in Madison County, which had 134,222 residents in 2024. Frankton holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Frankton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Frankton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46044. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Frankton is

The Census internal point of Frankton is at 40.221000, -85.772000. Indianapolis, the capital, is 37.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elwood, IN (8,495 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 20.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.221000, -85.772000
DMS
40°13'15.60"N 85°46'19.20"W
UTM
16N 604484.3E 4453009.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GP66CH+C6

Daylight in Frankton

At 40.22° N, Frankton gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Frankton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Elwood, 5.0 miles away, with 8,495 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Frankton, IN?

1,817 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 43 (2.4%) from 1,774 in July 2020.

What county is Frankton in?

Madison County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Frankton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46044.

How far is Frankton from Indianapolis?

37.3 miles (60.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Frankton.

What is the nearest larger city to Frankton?

Elwood, IN, with 8,495 residents, 5.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.