Franklinton, North Carolina Franklinton, North Carolina Downtown Franklinton Downtown Franklinton Official seal of Franklinton, North Carolina Location of Franklinton, North Carolina Location of Franklinton, North Carolina State North Carolina Franklinton is a town in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States.
Franklinton was established as Franklin Depot in 1839 on territory owned by Shemuel Kearney (1791 1860), son of Crawford Kearney and Nancy White.
A home constructed by grandfather Shemuel Kearney (1734 1808) was originally positioned south of town and is presently the second earliest residence in Franklin County, assembled in 1759.
Franklin Depot changed its name to Franklinton in 1842 when the town was incorporated.
Like Franklin County, Franklinton was titled for Benjamin Franklin. According to many locals, Trinity College, originally positioned in Trinity, was initially prepared and allowed to be moved to Franklinton in 1889. Generous offers though by small-town businessmen Washington Duke and Julian S.
A origin from the University Archives states that close-by Raleigh was actually the initial allowed bidder. This does not mean Franklinton wasn't encompassed as a possible site even though no other bidding communities are mentioned.
The people of Raleigh offered territory now occupied by North Carolina State University and pledged $35,000.00 for a new building which was quickly allowed by the Methodist Conference for Trinity College.
Franklinton was once home to Albion Academy, a co-educational black school started by clergyman Moses A.
Once a State Normal & Industrial School (trade school), it eventually became a graded school and later consolidated with the B.F.
When schools were fully integrated, the upper grades merged with Franklinton High School in 1969.
Mary Little was the first black teacher to begin teaching at the newly integrated Franklinton High School, who taught there till her death in 1984.
Person-Albion High School was retitled Franklinton Elementary School.
Also positioned in Franklinton is the historic Sterling Cotton Mill, established by Samuel C.
A third foundry was also positioned in Franklinton which has since closed.
Highway 1 near Franklinton.
On April 4, 1963, the entire town of Franklinton was threatened by a large wildfire which consumed roughly 9,500 acres (38 km2) of woodlands and finished a several homes north and west of town.
In 1996 Franklinton, North Carolina became the home of Opio Holy Spirit Academy a private school providing an academic arena for both ted and students who face academic challenges from grades k-12.
Allen's work became known and respected in Wake, Granville, Vance, and Franklin counties as well as her dedication to the Franklin County Community Restitution Program.
Charles Draughn III was propel to the mayoral position of Franklinton for 8 years, from 1987 1995.
In addition to the Sterling Cotton Mill, the Franklinton Depot, Dr.
Franklinton is positioned at 36 6 9 N 78 27 11 W (36.102635, 78.453157). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all of it land.
Highway 1 bypasses Franklinton to the west.
The town is positioned about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Raleigh, North Carolina and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the Tar River.
A stockyards directed by CSX Transportation also passes through Franklinton.
As of the census of 2010, there were 2,023 citizens , 876 homeholds, and 551 families residing in the town.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 25.7% under the age of 20, 8.3% from 20 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $30,082, and the median income for a family was $37,656.
There were 876 occupied housing units in the town.
Franklinton is governed by a mayor and five-member Board of Commissioners, who are propel in staggered four-year terms.
The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States.
Powell, The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, 1968, The University of North Carolina Press at Chapel Hill, ISBN 0-8078-1247-1, Library of Congress Catalog Card #28-25916, page 182.
WRAL TV Channel 5, Franklin County Election Results November 3, 2015, Retrieved Nov.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Town of Franklinton (List of Contacts), Retrieved Oct.
Franklinton Township Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
Franklinton: Credits.
Franklinton, North Carolina; Town of Franklinton (1992).
A Walk Through History: A Town Called Franklinton Celebrates Its 150th.
Franklinton: Credits.
Franklinton: Credits.
Powell, The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, 1968, The University of North Carolina Press at Chapel Hill, ISBN 0-8078-1247-1, Library of Congress Catalog Card #28-25916, page 182.
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