Franklin County, Virginia

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Franklin County is a United States county situated in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located in southwestern Virginia, the county geographically surrounds the seat of government at Rocky Mount, and the Roanoke River forms its northeastern boundary with Bedford County. The county is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area, and as of the 2020 census, its population was 54,477. Franklin County was created in 1785 from parts of Bedford and Henry counties and named in honor of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. During the Prohibition era, county residents produced large amounts of illegal liquor, earning the county the nickname "the moonshine capital of the world." Today, much tourism and economic development is driven by the county's location on the south shore of Smith Mountain Lake.

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