Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount is a town in and the county seat of Franklin County, Virginia, United States. The town is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area, and had a population of 4,903 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the Roanoke Region of Virginia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,560 residents
- Description: town in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Mount Pleasant”, “Rocky Mount, VA”, “Rocky Mount, Virginia”, and “Rockymount”
- Postal code: 24151
Places of Interest
Highlights include Franklin County High School.
Franklin County High School
School
Photo: Tonytbone1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Franklin County High School is located in Rocky Mount, Virginia. Approximately 1900 students attend Franklin County High School, which was founded in 1950.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Henry Fork and Redwood.
Henry Fork
Village
Henry Fork is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Franklin County, Virginia, United States, just south of Rocky Mount. The population as of the 2010 census was 1,234. Henry Fork is situated 2½ miles southeast of Rocky Mount.
Redwood
Hamlet
Redwood is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. Redwood is located on Virginia State Route 40, 4.7 miles east-northeast of Rocky Mount. Redwood has a post office with ZIP code 24146, which opened on August 9, 1880. Redwood is situated 4½ miles east of Rocky Mount.
Wirtz
Hamlet
Wirtz is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. Wirtz is located along a railroad 5.4 miles north of Rocky Mount. Wirtz has a post office with ZIP code 24184, which opened on April 20, 1893. Wirtz is situated 6 miles north of Rocky Mount.
Rocky Mount
- Categories: town of Virginia, county seat, and locality
- Location: Franklin, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.9962° or 36° 59′ 46″ northLongitude
-79.89095° or 79° 53′ 27″ westPopulation
4,560Elevation
1,132 feet (345 metres)United Nations Location Code
US ROVOpen location code
8782X4W5+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 158648307OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Rocky Mount” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Rocky Mount”
- Cebuano: “Rocky Mount”
- Chechen: “Роки-Маунт”
- Chinese: “Rocky Mount”
- Chinese: “落基山城”
- Dutch: “Rocky Mount”
- Finnish: “Rocky Mount”
- French: “Rocky Mount”
- German: “Rocky Mount”
- Gilaki: “راکي مأؤنت (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “راکي مأؤنت”
- Haitian: “Rocky Mount, Vijini”
- Haitian: “Rocky Mount”
- Hungarian: “Rocky Mount”
- Irish: “Rocky Mount”
- Italian: “Rocky Mount”
- Japanese: “ロッキー・マウント”
- Korean: “로키 마운트”
- Korean: “로키마운트”
- Ladin: “Rocky Mount”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rocky Mount”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rocky Mount (Virginia)”
- Norwegian: “Rocky Mount”
- Polish: “Rocky Mount”
- Portuguese: “Rocky Mount”
- Russian: “Роки-Маунт”
- Serbian: “Роки Маунт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rocky Mount, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rocky Mount”
- Slovenian: “Rocky Mount”
- Spanish: “Rocky Mount (Virginia)”
- Spanish: “Rocky Mount”
- Swedish: “Rocky Mount, Virginia”
- Swedish: “Rocky Mount”
- Tatar: “Роки-Маунт”
- Ukrainian: “Рокі-Маунт”
- Uzbek: “Rocky Mount”
- Uzbek: “Роcкй Моунт”
- Volapük: “Rocky Mount”
- Welsh: “Rocky Mount, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Rocky Mount”
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