The property still suffers esthetically from its location in an industrial area, as it has for over a century, but the presence of responsible businessmen prevents the return of "squatters" and encourages the city's maintenance of the grounds. The graveyard is bordered on the east by a fence company. On the north and west the concrete block walls of a chemical company's shipping building intrude on the sensibilities, but these are soothed by the north-east side of the stone wall, which is backed by the wooded levee, on top of which lie the slowly decaying ties of the abandoned Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad.

It is probably because of its less than desirable location, along with its appeal as the oldest white burial ground in the county, that the Franklinton graveyard was not sold or turned to other purposes and has survived the three graveyards established by (or for the use of) the City of Columbus.

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