While numerous burial grounds are to found within the town, it is the Ouleout Valley Cemetery on Route 357, begun in 1873, that often draws attention to its handsome iron gate and well manicured grounds. The massive Erastus Edgerton Monument is impressive, but the Soldiers' Monument where annual Memorial Day observances have been held since its dedication in 1889, is reverved in Franklin history.

Many of the community organizations were started in the 19th century. The Fire Department, Masonic Lodge, Odd Fellows Lodge, Sportsmen's Assocation, Washington Reading Circle, and Onesiphori, and the Free Library contributed to Franklin's way of life.