Franklin City is an unincorporated community in Accomack County, Virginia

Accomack County, Virginia

As of the census of 2010, there were 33,164 people, 15,299 households, and 10,388 families residing in the county. The population density was 84 people per square mile . There were 19,550 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile...

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Greenbackville

Greenbackville, Virginia

Greenbackville is a census-designated place 4.5 miles south of Stockton, Maryland in Accomack County, Virginia, located just south of the Maryland state line at . The population as of the 2010 Census was 192...

 and neighboring Franklin City grew as a result of the railroad line laid in the late 19th century to transport oysters and other shellfish

Shellfish

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 from Chincoteague

Chincoteague, Virginia

Chincoteague is a town on Chincoteague Island in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,317 at the 2000 census. The town is perhaps best known for the Chincoteague Ponies, although these are not actually on the island of Chincoteague but on nearby Assateague Island...

 to Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Philadelphia, and New York City

New York City

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. However, during the course of the 20th century the Depression, the construction of the Chincoteague Causeway, and the nor'easter of 1962

Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962

The Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 occurred on March 6–8, 1962 along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. It was considered by the U.S. Geological Survey to be one of the most destructive storms ever to affect the mid-Atlantic states...

all helped to erode Greenbackville's economic base.