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  2. Franklin County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Franklin County is located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,477. [1] Its county seat is Rocky Mount. [2] Franklin County is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located in the Roanoke Region of Virginia. [3] The Roanoke River forms its northeast ...

  3. Franklin County High School (Rocky Mount, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    Information. (540)483-0221. Website. School website. Franklin County High School (FCHS) is located in Rocky Mount, Virginia. Approximately 2000 students attend Franklin County High School, which was founded in 1950. [1] Since its founding, Franklin County High School, commonly known as FCHS, has grown to the largest school in the state west of ...

  4. Rocky Mount, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    1499983. Website. www .rockymountva .org. Rocky Mount is a town in and the county seat of Franklin County, Virginia, United States. [2] The town is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area, and had a population of 4,903 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the Roanoke Region of Virginia.

  5. Washington Iron Furnace - Wikipedia

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    Designated VLR. October 17, 1972 [2] Washington Iron Furnace is an historic iron furnace, located in Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia. The granite furnace was built around 1770, and measures 30 feet high on its south face. It helped establish industry in the county, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

  6. Police chase prompts temporary lockdown of Post-Franklin ...

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    April 15, 2024 at 9:57 AM. BATTLE CREEK — A Battle Creek elementary school was briefly placed on lockdown Friday afternoon as police apprehended a fleeing suspect nearby. Two Battle Creek police ...

  7. Phoebe Needles Mission School - Wikipedia

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    Franklin News-Post. May 22, 2017. Maxey, Esther Fox. Miss Ora and Miss Etta: A Folk History of the Women at the Episcopal Mission Schools: St. John's-in-the-Mountains, St. Peter's-in-the-Mountains. Rocky Mount, Va: The Author, 1984. 31 pages: illustrations, photographs, map. “Phoebe Needles Center celebrates 100th anniversary.” Franklin ...

  8. Old Chapel Church - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 36°55′06″N 79°39′43″W. Roadside view. The Old Chapel Church, also known locally as the "Snow Creek Chapel", was built in 1769 as a chapel of ease for the Church of England parish in what is today Penhook, Virginia, United States.

  9. Rocky Mount Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Rocky Mount Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia.It encompasses 211 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites (Mary Elizabeth Park and High Street Cemetery), 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district and surround residential areas of Rocky Mount, county seat of Franklin County.