Tucked away in Cook County in Illinois, United States is the small village of Franklin Park. Cooks County is among the 2nd most inhabited counties in the Usa with a population of 5, 294, 664 people. The county has 3 distinct townships and has 130 different incorporated municipalities. Chicago is the biggest county seat in Cook county and consists of almost 54% of Cook Countys population.

Franklin Park has a population of 19,800 people with an area of 4.7 square miles. The number of families residing in this region is 4,765 having a racial combination of whites, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asians as well as Latinos. Franklin Park is an industrial centre which has cleverly merged with its residential neighborhood. Development and growth began in this small village with the German farmers coming and settling here in the early 1840s.

The setting up of the railroad tracks by the Atlantic & Pacific railroad Company in the 1870s further fuelled the villages growth. In the 1890s, the real estate possibilities of this region were found by Franklin who capitalized on the railroad settings and lured prospective buyers to this village by organizing train rides on Sunday. Having built a pavilion on Rose Street where he hosted potential buyers by providing totally free food and drinks, arranging speeches as well as organizing song and dance events that resulted in major sales. This triggered the beginning of the Franklin Park community in 1890s.

The city kept witnessing its growth through the century and with the turn of the century the first industry in this region was put in place. A donation from Lesser Franklin was used to set up an iron foundry in this area. Another land donation by Franklin us employed to build the Cooper Company. A number of Polish, Slavic and Italian immigrants took up jobs as workers in these factories. The second world war further propelled the growth of Franklin Park as an industrial area. Douglas Aircraft and Buick Motors set up shop in this region as a result of the national preparedness program. This move towards industrialization continued and through the turn of the 1940s, 40 companies were headquartered in this region.

With the turn of the decade another 155 companies were included in the Franklin Park industrial portfolio. This small village continues to be upon an expansion mode since its inception and in the 1990s was given possession of another 65 acres and took the place of the fourth largest industrial space in Illinois.

The main news provider in this region is the Franklin Park Herald-Journal. This newspaper brings top stories from the domains of economic, current events, entertainment and sports for the community. As with any other American state Illinois also includes a big sports craze which filters down to the villages in this region as well. Some of the popular sports that are followed with enthusiasm in Franklin Park are football, golf, basketball and soccer. The Franklin Park Herald news covers all the sports action and brings to the village the news from these games.