Frankford, Ontario

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Frankford is a small community of 2200 (2001 Census) in Quinte West, Ontario, Canada. It is located ten kilometers north of Trenton and approximately twenty kilometers northwest of Belleville.

Frankford was first settled by Europeans in the 1820s when settler Able Scott built a grist mill along the Trent River. The settlement went under a number of names, including Scott's Mills, Cold Creek and Manchester. The settlement was named Frankford after Sir Francis Bond Head, the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. Frankford was incorporated as a village in 1920.

The Village of Frankford became part of Quinte West on January 1, 1998 when it was amalgamated with Trenton and the Townships of Murray and Sidney.

Frankford has a public school with Grades JK (Junior Kindergarten) through Grade 8.

Frankford hosts a yearly festival that attracts a tourist population larger than the population of the town itself^{[citation needed]}. This festival is dubbed "RiverFest" and is held every May Long Weekend. A carnival crew set up rides in the Tourist Park.