rocky mout (Roanoke, Franklin, Rocky Mount: crime, college, statistics)

[truetomine]

can anyone tell me more about rocky mount i really like that area and would like to know more...bad town as far as crime and drugs or a good town on those 2 subjects good place or bad place to raise kids>?

[truetomine]

meant to put rocky mount sorry lol..

[puttingdownroots]

Here's some statistical data to get you started:

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[truetomine]

wow it has changed from 2000, i read the demographics on it for the 2000 census it was 91% white now its only 74% white alot has changed there...this is def the place to get more up to date info i guess...thanks for the site

[truetomine]

ok i need someone if they would be nice enough to make a list for me of every town with a population of 2,000 to 9,000 in southwest virginia south of roanoke make a line from roanoke, rocky mount and martinsville and go west of there please some one help!

[seanpecor]

Those Rocky Mount, VA statistics don't look right to me. According to the actual town government web site of Rocky Mount, VA the population is approximately 5,000 residents.

I don't think Rocky Mount was ever 91% white. Rocky Mount has a rich African American history (see the Booker T. Washington national monument east of Rocky Mount, and Ferrum College west of Rocky Mount). The 91% white statistic you cite is for the whole of Franklin County - population 51,000. Rocky Mount is the county seat for Franklin. Franklin County itself is still about 91% white. I suspect that this demographic proportion will remain; if anything, the county will become more white as time passes due to the influx of retirees and white collar commuters who work in Roanoke.

If you visit maps.google.com and enter Rocky Mount, VA you should be able to scroll westward and see plenty of place names. It would be difficult and time consuming to compile a list by hand.

Sean