Franklinton is the parish seat for Washington Parish
Franklinton is in Washington Parish
Washington Parish(13) ► ADJACENT TO WASHINGTON PARISH St. Tammany Parish(51) ► Tangipahoa Parish(32) ► Marion County, Mississippi(15) ► Pearl River County, Mississippi(9) ► Pike County, Mississippi(45) ► Walthall County, Mississippi(8) ►
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On State Highway 25, 0.5 miles south of Bateman Road, on the right when traveling south.
½ mile west is the site of the Half Moon Bluff Baptist Church, organized in 1812, the first Protestant church in Louisiana outside of New Orleans. — — Map (db m153162) HM
On State Highway 25 north of Camp Road, on the right when traveling south.
Some 300 yards West of here on John Bankston’s Creek near spring stood log cabin where bachelor Matt McCain taught school for children of pioneer settlers in summers. — — Map (db m85579) HM
On Washington Street (State Highway 10) at Cleveland Street on Washington Street.
In Honor of John Bickham Founder of Franklinton In 1819 John Bickham offered to donate thirty acres of land to serve as the Parish Seat of Justice and also to provide land for the building of public schools in what is today the town of . . . — — Map (db m110278) HM
On State Highway 10 at Choctaw Road (Parish Road 15), on the right when traveling west on State Highway 10. Reported missing.
Only official state road in Washington Parish until 1843. Choctaw Indians cut trail for trade with tribes in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Biloxi, & Mobile. White man believed to have used trail as early as 1542. — — Map (db m110277) HM
On State Highway 16 west of Parish Highway 1049, on the right when traveling west.
Barn 100 feet east marks site of first justice seat for Washington Parish. It served as Courthouse from March 1820, until removed to present site in 1823, with Col. Thomas C. Warner as presiding judge. — — Map (db m127957) HM
On Pearl Street at Cleveland Street, on the left when traveling east on Pearl Street.
To The Sacred Memory of Wiley Pierce Born - Jan. 10, 1882. Robert Wesley Crain Born - Aug. 16, 1886. Both Murdered March 3, 1923. Two native sons of Washington Parish. True and loyal citizens, officers of the Law, were foully shot . . . — — Map (db m110279) HM
