Maps of Franklin & the Region
Chester County Townships in 1712
From the Chester County Archives on line.
Properties Now in E New London & W Franklin Townships, 1720s
North on this map is to the right; from the New London Area Historical Society.
New London Properties, c.1720
Showing the lands of Susanna McCane, or McKean, grandmother of Thomas McKean; from the New London Area Historical Society.
Detail of Susanna McCane's Lands, Early 1700s
Also showing the lands of her sons Thomas and William McKean; from the New London Area Historical Society.
Lands of the London Company, Surveyed 1709
North is to the right; from the Pennsylvania Archives.
Chillas Map of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware in 1739
Showing the London Company's lands and the Nottingham Lots, rotated so that north is up; from the New York Public Library.
The London Tract and Other London Company Lands
Plotted on a modern relief map of SE Chester Co.; prepared by the Historical Commission.
New Munster and the Society Tract, 1763
New Munster, a Calvert grant, is largely in Maryland but extended into S Franklin Township. North is to the left; from the Pennsylvania Archives.
Present-day Franklin Township with London Company Lands and New Munster
Prepared by the Historical Commission.
Lands of George McCleave, Later of Benjamin Franklin, 1760s and 1770s
Shown on a present-day map; prepared by the Historical Commission.
A Map of Chester County as Constituted in 1780
Published by Gilbert Cope in 1914.
New London Township, 1847
New London included Franklin Township until 1852. From the Painter-Bowen map of Chester Co. at the Library of Congress.
Franklin Township, 1856
Detail from the 1856 T. J. Kennedy map of Chester Co.; from the Library of Congress.
Franklin Township, 1860
Detail from the 1860 T. J. Kennedy map of Chester Co.; from the Library of Congress.
Franklin and London Britain, 1873
From the Atlas of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1873. Scan of a map belonging to a local resident.
Franklin and London Britain, 1883
From Breou’s Official Series of Farm Maps of Chester County, 1883. Scan of a map belonging to a local resident.
Kemblesville, 1883
From Breou’s Official Series of Farm Maps of Chester County, 1883. Scan of a map belonging to a local resident.
Composite Topographical Map, 1896 and 1906
Prepared by the Historical Commission from U. S. Geological Survey maps. The northern portion is from 1906, the southern from 1896.