2021 Map of West Frankfort

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West Frankfort and Benton serve as the primary hubs in this portion of Franklin County, where the dense grid of residential streets gives way to the sprawling bottomlands of the Middle Fork Big Muddy River. The landscape is heavily marked by its social and community history, evidenced by a high density of cemeteries that speak to the area's diverse ethnic and civic foundations. Distinctive sites such as the Lithuanian Cem, Masonic and Oddfellows Cem, and the County Poor Farm Cem provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing early twentieth-century lineages. Smaller outlying settlements including Orient, Steel City, and Deering City are linked by a network of established roads like Co Hwy 9 and Bartlett Ln, reflecting the enduring settlement patterns established around the region's historical agricultural and extraction economies.