Franklin
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N 36° 40.487 W 076° 55.189
18S E 328448 N 4060512
Erected 1988 by Department of Conservation and Historic Resources. (Marker Number U 126.)
Waymark Code: WMGEEJ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2013
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Incorporated as a town in 1876, Franklin began as a Southampton County village in the 1830s. In October, 1862, during the Civil War, Union gunboats on the Blackwater River shelled the town and the railroad station. Several skirmishes occurred nearby in 1862 and 1863. A major fire destroyed 43 buildings in the town on February 26, 1881. The Camp Brothers' lumber mill and later their paper mill, as well as the peanut industry, helped Franklin prosper in this century. Franklin became an incorporated City in 1960
Marker Number: U 126
Marker Title: Franklin
Marker Location: Franklin VA
County or Independent City: Franklin Va
Web Site: Not listed
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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