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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.
Rocky Mount is located at the center of Franklin County at (36.999855, −79.889673 U.S. Route 220 passes through the east side of town as a limited-access bypass, leading north 23 miles (37 km) to Roanoke and south 26 miles (42 km) to Martinsville.
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 ...
The Roanoke Region (/ ˈ r oʊ. ə ˌ n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) is the area of the Commonwealth of Virginia surrounding the city of Roanoke.Its usage may refer to the metropolitan statistical area or the Roanoke Valley, but it sometimes includes areas in the Allegheny Mountains and New River Valley which includes Alleghany County, Montgomery County, Covington, Clifton Forge, Blacksburg ...
The area is dominated by low density residential development occurring primarily since the 1960s. [38] Monterey. Monterey is located in northeast Roanoke at the border with Roanoke County and was annexed into the city in 1976. The area is dominated by low density residential development occurring primarily since the 1970s. [28] Morningside
Callaway is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. Callaway is 8.8 miles (14.2 km) west of Rocky Mount. Callaway has a post office with ZIP code 24067, which opened on July 14, 1871. [2] [3] Bleak Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [4]
[4]: 65 The town became the City of Roanoke in 1884. [4]: 71 The city was in need of housing for the many N&W employees moving to the area, and in 1888, Mortimer M. Rogers, son-in-law of the early Roanoke Valley settler George Plater Tayloe, sold a portion of the family's Buena Vista estate to the Belmont Land Company.
The Roanoke Valley (/ ˈ r oʊ. ə ˌ n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) in southwest Virginia is an area adjacent to and including the Roanoke River between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Appalachian Plateau to the west. The valley includes much of Roanoke County, as well as the two independent cities of Roanoke and Salem. The Roanoke Valley