Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Frankfort, IN

Frankfort is a city and the county seat of Clinton County, founded in 1830 and incorporated in 1846, and named after Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

Brothers John, William, and Nicholas Pence settled the land in 1829 and in 1830 donated 60 acres to the county commissioners, a gift that secured Frankfort the county seat over the rival town of Jefferson.

The original town plat, filed June 8, 1830 by county agent William Douglass, laid out 64 lots in eight blocks around a central public square.

The Clinton County Courthouse, the third to serve the county, is built of Indiana limestone, rises 165 feet, was designed by architect George W. Bunting, and had its cornerstone laid on September 2, 1882 at a cost of about $200,000.

Old Stoney, the city's earlier stone courthouse, was being used as the high school when it burned on February 24, 1922; the rebuilt Old Stoney serves today as Frankfort's City Hall.

Robert Keene became mayor of Frankfort at just 21 years old in January 1922 and was described as the youngest elected mayor in the city's history.

Frankfort's National Register of Historic Places listings include the Clinton County Courthouse, the Charles H. and Emma Condon House, and the Christian Ridge, Frankfort Commercial, and South Frankfort historic districts.

The 2020 Census counted 16,715 people and 6,068 households in Frankfort, and about 33% of residents identified as Hispanic or Latino.

Frankfort grew as a railroad junction where the Monon, Nickel Plate, and Pennsylvania railroads met, and today U.S. Route 421 and State Roads 28, 39, and 75 converge in the city, with Interstate 65 a short distance to the west.

Frankfort is served by the Community Schools of Frankfort, and Ivy Tech Community College opened a Frankfort campus in the fall of 2013; the Frankfort Community Public Library serves residents from downtown.