West Frankfort
West Frankfort is a city in Franklin County, Illinois. The population was 7,275 at the 2020 census. The city is well known for its rich history of coal. The city is part of the Metro Lakeland area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 8,320 residents
- Description: city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Frankfort Heights”, “Frankfort Heights, IL”, “Frankfort Heights, Illinois”, “West Frankfort, IL”, and “West Frankfort, Illinois”
- Postal code: 62896
Places of Interest
Highlights include West Frankfort City Hall.
West Frankfort City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
West Frankfort City Hall, located at 108 N. Emma St, is the former city hall of West Frankfort, Illinois. The city hall was built in 1921 to serve the city, which had no city hall up until that time.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deering City and Johnston City.
Deering City
Hamlet
Deering City is an unincorporated community in Frankfort Township, Franklin County, Illinois, United States. Deering City is situated 2½ miles northeast of West Frankfort.
Johnston City
Village
Johnston City is a city in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,348 at the 2020 census. This was a center of coal mining in the early 20th century, having a peak of population in the 1920s. Johnston City is situated 5 miles south of West Frankfort.
West Frankfort
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Denning Township, Franklin, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.89783° or 37° 53′ 52″ northLongitude
-88.93146° or 88° 55′ 53″ westPopulation
8,320Elevation
400 feet (122 metres)United Nations Location Code
US KFTOpen location code
869HV3X9+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 153535777OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“West Frankfort” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ويست فرانكفورت”
- Basque: “West Frankfort”
- Catalan: “West Frankfort”
- Cebuano: “West Frankfort”
- Chechen: “Вест-Франкфорт”
- Chinese: “West Frankfort”
- Chinese: “西法蘭克福 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “西法蘭克福”
- Croatian: “West Frankfort”
- Danish: “West Frankfort”
- Dutch: “West Frankfort”
- French: “West Frankfort”
- German: “West Frankfort”
- Gilaki: “وست فرانکفؤرت (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “وست فرانکفؤرت”
- Haitian: “West Frankfort, Ilinwa”
- Haitian: “West Frankfort”
- Ido: “West Frankfort, Illinois”
- Ido: “West Frankfort”
- Irish: “West Frankfort”
- Italian: “West Frankfort”
- Korean: “웨스트 프랭크퍼트”
- Korean: “웨스트프랭크퍼트”
- Ladin: “West Frankfort”
- Mazanderani: “وست فرانکفورت (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “وست فرانکفورت”
- Min Nan Chinese: “West Frankfort”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Frankfort”
- Persian: “وست فرانکفورت، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “وست فرانکفورت”
- Polish: “West Frankfort”
- Portuguese: “West Frankfort”
- Serbian: “Вест Франкфорт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Frankfort, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Frankfort”
- South Azerbaijani: “وست فرانکفورت، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “West Frankfort”
- Swedish: “West Frankfort”
- Tatar: “Вест-Франкфорт”
- Turkish: “West Frankfort, Illinois”
- Turkish: “West Frankfort”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Франкфорт”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ فرینکفرٹ، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ فرینکفرٹ”
- Uzbek: “West Frankfort”
- Uzbek: “Wест Франкфорт”
- Vietnamese: “West Frankfort, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “West Frankfort”
- Volapük: “West Frankfort”
- Waray (Philippines): “West Frankfort, Illinois”
- Waray (Philippines): “West Frankfort”
- Welsh: “West Frankfort, Illinois”
- Welsh: “West Frankfort”
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