Frankford, Ontario
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Frankford is a 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 Abel 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.
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