Small Town:

Franklinton is a great place to live. If you like a small town feel and a simple life. Franklinton is the place to migrate. Franklinton housing market is great for someone wanting  square footage with land. The average home price is $124,000 which includes 3 bedrooms 2.5 bath and at least half of an acre. As a perk to First Time Home Buyers you can qualify for 100% financing through the USDA loan program.  If you want to learn more about Franklinton come by our office at 19 Main Street or Call us at
(919)422-7630.      

About Franklinton:

Franklin County is within a 32 miles radius from Raleigh, Durham and the International Airport. And about 35 miles from North Carolina's Research Triangle Park. Three world class research universities are located within minutes. Louisburg NC  is Franklinton's county seat. Other municipalities in the county include Bunn, Centerville, and Youngsville.

Franklinton was established as Franklin Depot in 1839 by land owner Shemuel Kearney. He, built a home in 1759,  which was located in south down-town. In 1842 Franklin Depot changed their name to Franklinton.

According to many locals, Trinity College, originally located near Greensboro, was initially planned and approved to be moved to Franklinton in 1889. Generous offers by local businessmen Washington Duke and Julian S. Carr brought the college to the city of Durham instead in 1892. This well known school is now called Duke University.

Franklinton was once home to Albion Academy, a co-educational African-American school started by clergyman Moses A. Hopkins in 1879. Once a State Normal & Industrial School (trade school), it eventually became a graded school and later merged with the B.F. Person School in 1957 to become B.F. Person-Albion High School. When schools were fully integrated, the upper grades consolidated with Franklinton High School in 1969. The B.F. Person-Albion High School was renamed Franklinton Elementary School.

Homes-by-Holmes Relocates to the Old Sterling Cotton Mill:

Located in Franklinton is the historic Sterling Cotton Mill, founded by Samuel C. Vann and first opened in 1895. Remaining in the Vann family for many years, the mill was purchased in 1972 by Union Underwear Company...manufacturers of Fruit of the Loom fabric products. Sterling Cotton Mill eventually closed in 1991.
It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. In 2008 Homes-by-Holmes purchase the hosery.As of today the mill is being used as the home office of Homes-by-Holmes.