Franklin County, Pa., Churches and Voting Precincts

Precincts in Franklin County contained numerous denominations and churches.

The data are based on the GIS of Augusta and Franklin households--maps are derived from a D. H. Davison map of Franklin County, published in 1858, and a Jedediah Hotchkiss map of Augusta County, published in 1870, and based on surveys completed "during the war." The maps have been georeferenced at the Virginia Center for Digital History, using ESRI Arc Info to produce a Geographic Information Systems map and database of households based on U.S. census data from the population, agricultural, and slaveowners' schedules.

Note: Original precinct boundaries are not available. Precinct boundaries were established in the GIS using Thiessen polygons around precinct stations as central places.

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Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III,
Franklin County, Pa., Churches and Voting Precincts
2001

"Franklin was slightly more churched than Augusta. Its denominations were more concentrated in the German traditions, but Augusta's churches were larger and more expensive."

"The white literacy rates and educational opportunities in both places were relatively high, but substantially better in Franklin."