NC Gazetteer

Franklin County

… was formed in 1779 from Bute County, which see, when that county was divided to form Franklin and Warren Counties. Located in the NE section of the state, it is bounded by Nash, Wake, Granville, Vance, and Warren Counties. It was named for Benjamin Franklin (1706-90). Area: 494 sq. mi. County seat: Louisburg, with an elevation of 280 ft. Townships, now numbered 1 to 10, were formerly Dunn, Harris, Youngsville, Franklinton, Hayesville, Sandy Creek, Gold Mine, Cedar Rock, Cypress Creek, and Louisburg. Produces corn, wheat, oats, tobacco, Irish potatoes, hogs, livestock, marble, aluminum products, pharmaceuticals, electronics, lumber, and fabricated metals.

areas

Hurricane, The

branches

Beaverdam Branch
Boatman Branch
Bold Run Branch
Buzzard Branch
Caesar's Branch
Deer Branch
Falling Branch
Lick Meadow Branch
Long Branch
Long Branch
Mill Branch
Person Branch
Spring Branch
White Branch
Wildcat Branch
Wolf Pen Branch
Wolfharbor Branch

communities

Alert
Bakers Crossroads
Cedar Rock
Centerville
Cheaves
Coppedge Crossroads
Dickens
Epsom
Gupton
Halls Crossroads
Harris Crossroads
Ingleside
Ivory Crossroads
Justice
Katesville
Kearney
Laurel
Letha
Mapleville
Margaret
Mays Crossroads
Mitchiners Crossroads
Moulton
Needmore
New Hope
Oakville
Oswego
Pearce Crossroads
Pilot
Pocomoke
Pousville
Privett
Pughs
Ransom's Bridge
Raynor
Riley
Roberts Crossroads
Rocky Ford
Royal
Schlosstown
Seven Paths
Shocco
Stallings
Sukey Young Crossroads
Sutton
Wood

creeks

Bear Swamp Creek
Big Peachtree Creek
Billys Creek
Brandy Creek
Buffalo Creek
Buffalo Creek
Buffalo Creek
Camping Creek
Cedar Creek
Cooley Creek
Crabtree Creek
Crooked Creek
Cypress Creek
Devil's Cradle Creek
Eaves Creek
Fishing Creek
Flatrock Creek
Ford Creek
Fox Creek
Giles Creek
Gills Little Mill Creek
Isinglass Creek
Johnson Creek
Kings Creek
Little Peachtree Creek
Little Shocco Creek
Lynch Creek
Lyons Creek
McGees Creek
Middle Creek
Moccasin Creek
Norris Creek
Rays Creek
Redbud Creek
Richland Creek
Richland Creek
Shocco Creek
Sycamore Creek
Taylors Creek
Tooles Creek

forks

Mill Fork

former communities

Cedar Rock Township
Dunn Township
Franklinton Township
Gold Mine Township
Harris Township
Louisburg Township
Youngsville Township

guts

Neal Gut

historical markers

Edwin Wiley Fuller historical marker
Green Hill Place historical marker
John Williamson 1846-1911 historical marker
Louisburg College historical marker
Moses A. Hopkins 1846-1886 historical marker
Richard Warfington historical marker
Thomas W. Bickett historical marker

historical sites

Green Hill Place

mines

Portis Gold Mine

ponds

Cliftons Pond
Jacksons Pond
Lake View
Mitcheners Pond
Moores Pond
Parrish's Pond

regions

Coastal Plain Dialect Region
Piedmont Dialect Region
VA Piedmont Dialect Region

runs

Jumping Run
Jumping Run

schools

Bunn High School
Concord School
Copeland-Perry School
Crossroads Rosenwald School
Franklin County Early College
Franklinton High School
Louisburg High School
Louisburg School (C.T.S.)

towns

Bunn
Franklinton
Louisburg
Youngsville

townships

Hayesville