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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.
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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.
Grassy Hill Natural Area Preserve is a 1,440-acre (5.8 km 2) Natural Area Preserve located in Franklin County, Virginia, just to the west of the town of Rocky Mount. The site is composed of rocky slopes with various hardwood species and patches of Virginia pine. Shallow basic soils, typified by heavy clay, are found among bedrock outcrops rich ...
Franklin County is a county located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. 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 area and is located in the Roanoke Region of Virginia. [3]
Bald Knob is a summit located in Franklin County, Virginia. [1] The summit has an elevation of 1400 feet and is a familiar landmark overlooking the county seat, Rocky Mount . References
The southwest side of Rocky Mtn. drains into Statons Creek, thence into the Pedlar River and the James. The east side of Rocky Mtn. drains into the Greasy Spring Branch of the South Fork of the Piney River, thence into the Tye River and the James. Rocky Mountain is located in the George Washington National Forest. The summit of Rocky Mtn. is ...