Franks is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States, located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northwest of Sandwich.

There were dozens of small cabins along Somonauk Creek; wmong them was an Underground Railroad stop.

Many of the people of Somonauk died due to lack of food and poverty.

Recently, an original house from the Somonauk settlement caught fire.

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