Franktown, Virginia

Franktown is an unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.

Franktown United Methodist Church
A house in Franktown

In the mid-19th century, it was a point along the stagecoach route between Wilmington, Delaware and Eastville, Virginia.[1]

The Glebe of Hungar's Parish was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[2]

Fannie Salter and her husband lived in Franktown for a time in the 1920s before moving to Turkey Point Light in Maryland; their son Charles Bradley was born there.[3] Blues musician Arthur Crudup is buried in Franktown,[4] as is politician Peter J. Carter.[5]

References
  1. Smith, John Calvin (1847). The Illustrated Hand-book, a New Guide for travelers through the United States of America. New York City: Sherman & Smith. pp. 127–128.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. Lisa Tendrich Frank (17 January 2013). An Encyclopedia of American Women at War: From the Home Front to the Battlefields [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. pp. 497–. ISBN 978-1-59884-444-3.
  4. "Big Boy Crudup Grave". www.deadbluesguys.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  5. "Carter, Peter Jacob (1845–1886)". www.encyclopediavirginia.org. Retrieved Mar 3, 2020.


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