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Franklin County is a county 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 book tells of the trio during the Depression and Prohibition in rural Virginia, who made a living bootlegging moonshine. The novel is told from both the perspectives of the three Bondurant brothers, mainly focusing on the youngest, Jack, and of the writer Sherwood Anderson , who described Franklin County in that period as the "wettest ...
The Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935 resulted in the indictment of 80 people involved in the illegal production and distribution of moonshine whisky in Virginia. At the time, Franklin County was believed to produce the highest volume of illegal liquor in the U.S., colloquially referred to as "the moonshine capital of the world."
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
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. [3]
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Virginia" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Yet another states that when Franklin County was formed, Hairston's Pigg River home was no longer in Henry County, so Hairston became a member of its first court. [7] On the various farms and holdings the family owned, by the end of the 18th century he also owned nineteen slaves. [8] In 1791, Robert Hairston owned 1,684 acres of land. [9]
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