Franklin Park

proper noun

A census-designated place in Broward County, Florida.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A number of places in the United States.
    1. A suburban village in Cook County, Illinois; a suburb of Chicago.

      Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said in a social media post that he is “aware of the troubling incident that has unfolded in Franklin Park.”

      2025 September 12, Nicole Acevedo, “A person is killed and an ICE agent injured at an immigration arrest near Chicago”, in NBC News
    2. A neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio; named after the park.

Origin

* (Boston): Named after American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. * (Illinois): Named after real estate broker Lesser Franklin.

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APA

Franklin Park. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Franklin%20Park

MLA

“Franklin Park.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Franklin%20Park. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Franklin Park,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Franklin%20Park.

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