Rocky Mount, Virginia Rocky Mount, Virginia Official seal of Rocky Mount, Virginia Location of Rocky Mount in Franklin County Location of Rocky Mount in Franklin County Rocky Mount is a town in and the governmental center of county of Franklin County, Virginia, United States. The town is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area, and had a populace of 4,799 as of the 2010 census. It is positioned in the Roanoke Region of Virginia. Franklin County courthouse, assembled 1909, Rocky Mount The first English colonists appeared here in 1760, and they titled Rocky Mount for a steep cliff near the town.
The region originally consisted of two contiguous villages, Rocky Mount and Mount Pleasant.
The first court was held at Rocky Mount in 1786 following the Revolutionary War.
During the Civil War, various planter families from the Tidewater region sought refuge in Rocky Mount, and many brought substantial numbers of slaves with them.
The Confederate General Jubal Anderson Early, born on a farm nearby, practiced law in Rocky Mount before and after the war.
In 1873, Rocky Mount combined the lesser village of Mount Pleasant, creating the present boundaries of the town, and it was incorporated that year. The present Franklin County courthouse was constructed in 1909 at Rocky Mount.
Washington National Monument, Evergreen-Callaway-Deyerle House, The Farm, Greer House, Rocky Mount Historic District, Washington Iron Furnace, and Woods-Meade House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Rocky Mount is positioned at the center of Franklin County at 36 59 59 N 79 53 23 W (36.999855, -79.889673). U.S.
Route 220 passes through the east side of town as a limited-access bypass, dominant north 23 miles (37 km) to Roanoke and south 26 miles (42 km) to Martinsville.
Virginia State Route 40 passes through the center of Rocky Mount as Pell Avenue and Franklin Street, dominant east 32 miles (51 km) to Gretna and southwest 10 miles (16 km) to Ferrum.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 6.9 square miles (17.8 km2), of which 0.03 square miles (0.07 km2), or 0.39%, is water. The Pigg River, an east-flowing tributary of the Roanoke River, forms the southern border of the town.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Rocky Mount has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. State historical marker for Rocky Mount As of the census of 2000, there were 4,066 citizens , 1,698 homeholds, and 1,018 families living in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 74.50% White, 22.26% African American, 0.27% Native American, 1.11% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.49% from other competitions, and 1.28% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,698 homeholds out of which 26.4% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 40.2% were married couples residing together, 15.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 21.4% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $26,927, and the median income for a family was $38,688.
About 16.6% of families and 14.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.6% of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those age 65 or over.
Ron Hodges, former New York Mets catcher, was born and interval up in Rocky Mount a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rocky Mount town, Virginia".
Roanoke Region of Virginia Climate Summary for Rocky Mount, Virginia "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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