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Franklin County, North Carolina

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41historic places

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1779formed

68,573pop. 2020

9cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 41 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Louisburg, Franklinton, Gupton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

22 of 41 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

41 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Andrews-Moore House	Bunn	Building	1998
Baker Farm	Bunn	Building	1982
Cascine	Louisburg	Building	1973
Cascine (Boundary Increase)	Louisburg	District	1985
Clifton House and Mill Site	Royal	Building	1980
Concord School	Kittrell	Building	2018
Cooke House	Louisburg	Building	1975
Davis, Archibald H., Plantation	Justice	Building	1975
Dean Farm	Louisburg	District	1975
Franklin County Training School-Riverside Union School	Louisburg	Building	2012
Franklinton Depot	Franklinton	Building	1990
Fuller House	Louisburg	Building	1978
Green Hill House	Louisburg	Building	1975
Harris, Dr. J. H., House	Franklinton	Building	1975
Jeffreys, William A., House	Youngsville	Building	1976
Jones-Wright House	Rocky Ford	Building	1992
Kearney, Shemuel, House	Franklinton	Building	1975
Laurel Mill and Col. Jordan Jones House	Gupton	Building	1975
Locust Grove	Ingleside	Building	1975
Louisburg Historic District	Louisburg	District	1987
Main Building, Louisburg College	Louisburg	Building	1978
Massenburg Plantation	Louisburg	Building	1975
Massenburg Plantation (Boundary Increase)	Louisburg	Building	2000
McGhee, C.L. and Bessie G., House	Franklinton	Building	2007
Monreath	Ingleside	Building	1975
Pearce-Stallings-Massey House	Pilot	Building	2020
Perry School (Additional Documentation)	Centerville	Building	2011
Perry, Dr. Samuel, House	Gupton	Building	1975
Person Place	Louisburg	Building	1972
Person-McGhee Farm	Franklinton	Building	1979
Portridge	Louisburg	Building	1990
Rose Hill	Louisburg	Building	2006
Savage, Dr. J. A., House	Franklinton	Building	1980
Speed Farm	Gupton	District	1991
Sterling Cotton Mill	Franklinton	Building	1996
Taylor, Archibald, House	Wood	Building	1975
Taylor, Patty Person, House	Louisburg	Building	1975
Vann, Aldridge H., House	Franklinton	Building	2008
Vine Hill	Centerville	Building	1975
Wheless, Thomas and Lois, House	Louisburg	Building	2007
Williamson House	Louisburg	Building	1975

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Franklin was formed in 1779 (1779-02-12) from Bute.

FRANKLIN created from BUTE (extinct).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Franklin County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
7,559	8,529	9,741	10,980	14,107	20,829	25,116	26,667	30,382	31,341	28,755	30,055	47,260	68,573

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

9 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 9 of 9 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Evergreen Cemetery	36.09467	-78.46308
Fair View Cemetery	36.10195	-78.44777
Lancaster Memorial Park	36.13667	-78.22336
Mitchell Cemetery	35.93665	-78.38087
Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery	35.98768	-78.45363
Oakwood Cemetery	36.12223	-78.29376
Rocky cross Church Cemetery	35.87306	-78.22343
Stallings Memorial Park	36.05708	-78.17158
Youngsville Town Cemetery	36.01679	-78.47898

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Letha	36.19182	-78.35222
Schlosstown	36.23626	-78.17194

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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