Franklintown is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2), all land.

As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 532 people, 211 households, and 147 families living in the borough.

There were 211 households, out of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families.

21.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.