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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 .
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 boundary with Bedford County.
Map showing the population density of Virginia. Many towns are as large as cities but are not incorporated as cities and are situated within a parent county or counties. Seven independent cities had 2020 populations of less than 10,000 with the smallest, Norton having a population of only 3,687. [2]
Figures through 2000 do not include Franklin County (50,345 est. 2005 population) and Craig County (5,154 est. 2005 population). The Census Bureau has since added them to the Roanoke MSA, which is the fourth largest in Virginia (behind Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and the Greater Richmond area), and the largest in the western half of the ...
Rocky Mount is a city in Nash and Edgecombe counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. [6] [7] The city's population was 54,341 as of the 2020 census, making it the 20th-most populous city in North Carolina. [8]
Boones Mill is located in northern Franklin County at (37.115462, -79.953966), [11] along U.S. Route 220 at the southern base of the Blue Ridge MountainsUS 220 leads north 14 miles (23 km) to Roanoke and south 10 miles (16 km) to Rocky Mount, the Franklin County seat.
Pittsville played an important role in early history of Virginia. Early mineral prospectors found iron ore in the form of Brown Hematite and magnetic ore in the 1860s and in 1878 the Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad was chartered as a means of transporting the ore to market. The population at this time was approximately 80 persons.
Glade Hill (also known as Gladehill) is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. Glade Hill is located on Virginia State Route 40 7.2 miles (11.6 km) east of Rocky Mount. Glade Hill has a post office with ZIP code 24092, which opened on April 1, 1837. [2] [3]