Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Franklin, MI

Franklin is a village in Oakland County inside Southfield Township, a northern suburb about 20 miles northwest of downtown Detroit.

Franklin was founded in 1825 by Elijah Bullock and other early settlers and named for Benjamin Franklin, and a business district had formed by 1830.

Franklin was not incorporated as a home rule village until 1953, nearly 130 years after it was founded.

Franklin's downtown was designated Michigan's first historic district on November 11, 1969, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places that year, preserving an unusual collection of original mid-19th-century buildings for suburban Detroit.

Its preserved, old-fashioned character has earned Franklin the nickname "The Town That Time Forgot."

The 2020 census counted 3,139 people in Franklin living in 1,130 households, with a median age of 47.1 years; nearly three-quarters of its households, 73.4%, were married couples.

Franklin is known for its large, estate-style homes, and its real estate consistently ranks among the most expensive in Michigan.

The Franklin Cider Mill, a beloved fall attraction just north of the village in Bloomfield Township, began as a gristmill in 1837 - the year Michigan became a state - and was converted to a cider mill in 1949.

Franklin was a station on the Underground Railroad, and its William Huston store, opened in 1830, anchored a business center that grew to include the Broughton Wagon Shop, taverns, distilleries, and mills.

The first school in Southfield Township was erected in Franklin Village in 1828 under an 1827 territorial law, and the Franklin school district joined Birmingham Public Schools in 1945.