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The Camp Manufacturing Company was founded in 1887 by three local Camp brothers from Franklin, Virginia. Paul Douglas Camp (President), James Leonidas Camp (Vice-president) and Robert Judson Camp (secretary-treasurer) purchased a small sawmill on the outskirts of Franklin. Paul Douglas Camp built The Elms, listed on the National Register of ...
This merger formed the Union Camp Corporation. The city continued to grow along with Union Camp and was incorporated as an independent city in 1961, separating from Southampton County. Union Camp thrived in Franklin until 1999 when it was acquired by International Paper. Though Union Camp no longer exists in Franklin, the Camp family name lives on.
The Elms, also known as the P. D. Camp House, is a historic home located at Franklin, Virginia.It was built in 1898, as a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, stuccoed brick eclectic dwelling with features of the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles.
The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1973 when the Union Camp Corporation of Franklin, Virginia, donated 49,100 acres (19,900 ha) of land after centuries of logging and other human activities devastated the swamp's ecosystems.
Paul D. Camp Community College (PDCCC) is a public community college in Franklin, Virginia. Founded in 1970, it is one of 23 schools in the Virginia Community College System. The college is named after a local advocate of education, who, along with his brothers, founded the lumber business, Camp Manufacturing Company. The college was built on ...
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Camptown is a census-designated place in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States, lying just east of Franklin. The population as of the 2010 census was 766. [1] The International Paper mill (formerly Union Camp, now closed) is here along with a Black community known as Camptown.
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