Frankfort Township lies west of Cave and south of Benton. It took the name of the
county seat that was located within its confines.
    There were two causes  that  contributed to  Frankfort's  dense  population in the
early history of  the  county. First  the  opening up  of  Kaskaskia-Shawneetown road
through  Frankfort  and  second, the  location  of  the  county seat on  the hill in the
township.
    The  early  settlers  were  Elijah Ewing, Thomas Roberts, John Crawford, Solomon
Clark and  Moses  Garret.  The  families were in the township  at an  early date - as
early as 1810 or '12. The  families  coming later  were the  Ices,  Fitts,  Rotramels,
McClintocks,  Martins,  Bryants,  Walls,  Pinkstone,  Cars,  Estes, Ross, Cunninghams,
Rains,   Willinows,  Nolens,  Moores,  Bennetts,  Melvins,  Neals,  Newmans,  Harrels,  
Sinks, Dimmicks, Evans, Bonors,  Colemans, Maddoxs, Hays, Woods, Dorris and others,
and from this stock of people have come some of the best people in the county.
    The county seat was established in this  township, and Frankfort town - the oldest
in the county, became famous as in inland trading center.
    Fitts  Hill  and  Old Greenville  were  trading  posts for there  day, but  have long
since been forgotten by most of the people of Franklin County.
    West Frankfort  is  a  thriving  city  on  the C. & E.I.R.R.  The  towns  of  West
Frankfort and Old Frankfort now contain a population of 12,000 or more.
    The  schools of  Frankfort Township  are:  Crawford's Prairie,  Neal, Deering City,
West Frankfort, Frankfort Heights, Wall Town, Garrett's Prairie, Weaver and  Union.
    The churches are:Baptist, West Frankfort, Frankfort Heughts, Crawford's Prairie
and Pleasant Grove; Methodist - Frankfort, West Frankfort, and Antioch; Christian -
West Frankfort;  United Brethren - Bonor. The township politically Republican.
John Hand is the present supervisor.