Tourism offices
Franklin
2 organizations market this independent city. Every contact below was checked against the organization’s own website in September 2026.
City of Franklin, Virginia — Division of Tourism
The state directory lists it as “City of Franklin”.
- Phone
- 757-562-8506
- info@franklinva.gov
- Website
- www.franklinva.gov
The domain in the state directory is dead or parked.
Where it says it works
Franklin, VA (independent city) — 'Located at the head of the navigable portion of the Blackwater River, the City of Franklin lies in the highly agricultural Coastal Plain in southeastern (or Tidewater) Virginia'
Verification note
DEAD DOMAIN: franklinva.com — the state's listed website — is gone. Over HTTP it returns a Microsoft Azure default page, 'Microsoft Azure Web App - Error 404'; over HTTPS it presents a *.azurewebsites.net certificate that does not match the hostname. The city's live site is www.franklinva.gov. Awkwardly, the city's own Tourism page still tells readers to 'visit Visitors | City of Franklin (franklinva.com)' — a link to the dead domain. PHONE: the Tourism page publishes 757-562-8506 for visitor information and the staff directory lists Tourism at 757-562-8505; the state's 757-562-8500 is the general City Hall switchboard. STAFF GONE: no tourism staff member is named anywhere on the site — A'Risha Jones is not listed — so contact name/title left blank, and ajones@franklinva.com is on the dead domain. General address info@franklinva.gov. City Hall 207 W 2nd Avenue, Franklin, VA 23851. The retired train depot in Downtown Franklin serves as the Franklin Visitor Center and Tourism office. NAME COLLISION NOTE: this is the independent CITY of Franklin, Virginia (area code 757, Tidewater) — distinct from Franklin County, Virginia (DMO-047, area code 540) and from Franklins in five other states.
Franklin Southampton Tourism, Inc.
The state directory lists it as “Franklin Southampton Economic Development, Inc”.
- Phone
- (757) 562-1958
Where it says it works
The City of Franklin and Southampton County, Virginia. The organization describes Franklin as "once a railroad and steamboat hub of commerce ... a laid-back cousin to larger cities in the Coastal Virginia region" and Southampton County as "a sprawling landscape [that] boasts small towns waiting to be explored and more Century Farms than any other Virginia county," naming Boykins, Branchville, Capron, Newsoms and Ivor.
Verification note
NAME CHANGE / SEPARATE ENTITY: the tourism site's copyright line reads "(c) Franklin Southampton Tourism, Inc." and the footer links to "Franklin Southampton Economic Development" at franklinsouthamptonva.com as a distinct organization. The state directory listed the economic-development entity as the DMO. Phone matches. The organization publishes a general info@ address; the state carried a staffer's address (Lauren Rodil), and no staff are named on the site, so the contact name is not carried over. Office: 601 N. Mechanic Street, Suite 300, Franklin, VA 23851.