Franktown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.

[2] In the mid-19th century, it was a point along the stagecoach route between Wilmington, Delaware and Eastville, Virginia.

[3] The Glebe of Hungar's Parish was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

[4] Fannie Salter and her husband lived in Franktown for a time in the 1920s before moving to Turkey Point Light in Maryland; their son Charles Bradley was born there.

[5] Blues musician Arthur Crudup is buried in Franktown,[6] as is politician Peter J.