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Notable location: Franklin County Courthouse (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Shopping Center: Rocky Mount Shoppers World Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Rocky Mount: Furnace Creek Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Byrdview Cemetery (1), Hodges Cemetery (2), Belcher Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attraction: Franklin County Historical Society Inc (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 95 Floyd Avenue).
Hotels: Budget Host Inn (18059 Virgil H Goode Highway), Comfort Inn Smith Mt. Lake (1730 North Main Street), Franklin Motel (20281 Virgil H Goode Highway), Comfort Inn-Rocky Mount & Smith Mountain Lake (1730 North Main Street).
Courts: Franklin County - Judge Of Circuit Court (East Court Street), Franklin County - Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court (275 South Main Street Suite 137), Franklin County - General District Court- District Court (275 South Main Street Suite 137).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Rocky Mount and their reported violations in the past:
FORK MOUNTAIN ADULT REST HOME (Population served: 58, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (SEP-08-2003), St Public Notif requested (SEP-08-2003), St Public Notif received (SEP-26-2003)
Past monitoring violations:
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAR-13-2006), St Formal NOV issued (MAR-13-2006)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2000 and JUL-18-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-18-2000)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between OCT-19-1999 and JAN-12-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JAN-12-2000)
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-01-1994 and JUL-26-1994, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St BCA signed (JUL-18-1994), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-26-1994), St Public Notif requested (JUL-26-1994), St Compliance achieved (JUL-26-1994)
- One routine major monitoring violation
- 23 regular monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Rocky Mount that have no violations reported:
- PENHOOK MINUTE MARKET (Population served: 200, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 70, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_surface_water)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This town: |  14.1% | | Whole state: |  9.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This town: | 6.8% | | Whole state: | 4.3% |
Rocky Mount compared to Virginia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- House age above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Rocky Mount (2007 data):
- SunTrust Bank: Rocky Mount Wal-Mart Branch at 550 Old Franklin Turnpike, branch established on 1996-07-17; Rocky Mount Main Branch at 260 South Main Street, branch established on 1926-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $182,628.2 mil, Deposits: $126,571.2 mil, headquarters in Atlanta, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1750 total offices, Holding Company: Suntrust Banks, Inc.
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: 220 North Branch at 35 Shepherd Drive, branch established on 1996-03-20; Rocky Mount Main Branch at 45 Powder Creek Lane, branch established on 1990-01-22. Info updated 2007-01-23: Bank assets: $117,134.1 mil, Deposits: $83,585.1 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1480 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
- The Fidelity Bank: Rocky Mount Branch at 77 Powder Creek Lane, branch established on 2006-12-13. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,391.8 mil, Deposits: $1,214.5 mil, headquarters in Fuquay-Varina, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 69 total offices, Holding Company: Fidelity Bancshares (N.C.), Inc.
- Planters Bank & Trust Company of Virginia: Rocky Mount Branch at 369 Franklin St., branch established on 2003-09-26. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $884.6 mil, Deposits: $743.6 mil, headquarters in Staunton, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 25 total offices, Holding Company: Virginia Financial Group, Inc.
- Franklin Community Bank, National Association: at 400 Old Franklin Turnpike, Suite 100, branch established on 2002-09-16. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $195.1 mil, Deposits: $167.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices, Holding Company: Mainstreet Bankshares, Inc.
- Carter Bank & Trust: First National Bank Branch at 400 Franklin Street, branch established on 1974-12-13. Info updated 2007-01-10: Bank assets: $2,664.7 mil, Deposits: $2,371.6 mil, headquarters in Martinsville, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 126 total offices
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Sewerage |
4 | $10,993 | $32,979 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $1,804 |
| Financial Administration |
5 | $12,527 | $30,065 | 1 | $863 |
| Other Government Administration |
5 | $15,241 | $36,578 | 7 | $4,627 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
16 | $41,439 | $31,079 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
2 | $3,348 | $20,088 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
15 | $30,932 | $24,746 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
2 | $3,908 | $23,448 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
5 | $8,497 | $20,393 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
54 | $126,884 | $28,196 | 11 | $7,295 |
Rocky Mount government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $456,000
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $908,000
Police Protection: $888,000
Regular Highways: $569,000
Financial Administration: $566,000
Sewerage: $342,000
Fire Protection: $115,000
Solid Waste Management: $81,000
Parks & Recreation: $45,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $36,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $480,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $27,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $5,847,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $8,002,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $7,571,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $5,847,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $431,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $588,000
General Revenue, NEC: $81,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $11,700,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $752,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $792,000
All Other: $693,000
Housing & Community Development: $654,000
General Support: $20,000
- Tax - Property: $687,000
Public Utilities: $432,000
Other Selective Sales: $423,000
NEC: $407,000
Total General Sales: $143,000
Motor Vehicle License: $57,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,655,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $253,000
5.98% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($56,174 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.98% | | Virginia average: | 11.06% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.11% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($42,660 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.11% | | Virginia average: | 10.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Rocky Mount:
- WYTI (1570 AM; 3 kW; ROCKY MOUNT, VA; Owner: WYTI, INC.)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WKBA (1550 AM; daytime; 10 kW; VINTON, VA; Owner: TINKER CREEK BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WFIR (960 AM; 5 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WVBE (610 AM; 5 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WFNR (710 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WODY (1160 AM; 5 kW; FIELDALE, VA; Owner: BASE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WRIS (1410 AM; 5 kW; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: WRIS INC.)
- WHEE (1370 AM; daytime; 5 kW; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: PATRICK HENRY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WTOY (1480 AM; 5 kW; SALEM, VA; Owner: WARD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Rocky Mount:
- WROV-FM (96.3 FM; MARTINSVILLE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WZBB (99.9 FM; STANLEYTOWN, VA; Owner: WNLB RADIO, INC.)
- WXLK (92.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WSLQ (99.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WSLC-FM (94.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WVTF (89.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
- WJJS-FM (106.1 FM; VINTON, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
- WBWR (106.9 FM; BEDFORD, VA; Owner: BEDFORD RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
- WRXT (90.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WMGR-FM (104.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WZZI (101.5 FM; VINTON, VA; Owner: TRAVIS MEDIA, L.L.C.)
- W279AC (103.7 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WYYD-FM1 (107.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: WYYD LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WPAR (91.3 FM; SALEM, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WYYD (107.9 FM; AMHERST, VA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WXCF-FM (103.9 FM; CLIFTON FORGE, VA; Owner: IMPACT BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WZZU (97.9 FM; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: TRAVIS MEDIA L.L.C.)
- WRVL (88.3 FM; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, INC.)
- WNRS-FM (89.9 FM; SWEET BRIAR, VA; Owner: SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE)
TV broadcast stations around Rocky Mount:
- WSET-TV (Channel 13; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: WSET INCORPORATED)
- WJPR (Channel 21; LYNCHBURG, VA; Owner: GRANT BROADCASTING SYSTEMS II, INC.)
- W34CU (Channel 34; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
Rocky Mount fatal accident list for 1987:
Jan 7, 1987 01:25 AM, 9999999999, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Dec 31, 1987 12:35 AM, 9999999999, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1
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