Union Camp Corporation was an American pulp and paper company and a private owner of timberland in the United States. In 1999 it was acquired by International Paper .
40-585: Oak Crest , also known as Cutchin Home and Holland-Cutchin House, is a historic home located at Franklin , Isle of Wight County, Virginia . The main block was built between 1799 and 1810, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile, side-passage plan frame dwelling in the Federal style. Later additions include a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story rear ell added about 1810, and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story wings built in 1900 and 1935. Also on
80-421: A bout with near bankruptcy in 1907, the brothers borrowed the money necessary to continue operations. With the onset of World War I , the increased demand for lumber brought the company back to financial success. By 1918, the success of the company was obvious through the observations of the local community Franklin . With the stimulated economy, "Franklin has become a booming wartime village..." In 1925, with
120-528: A buyer was found. In May 1956, the merger between the 2 companies came together. With Union Bag company having sales of $ 123,031,000 and owning over a million acres (4,000 km²) of timber, it was surprising that the Camps negotiated as equals with the Calders, when the Camps had a fraction of the sales and property with $ 27,675,225 in sales and 240,000 acres (970 km²) of timber. After months of negotiations, and
160-470: A female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.93. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.1% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
200-532: A final offering to the Camp shareholders of 1.75 shares for every share owned, a deal was struck. On 13 July 1956 the merger was completed and the Union Bag-Camp Paper company was born. In the late 1950s, a product made from kraft paper was created for applications such as a core in doors, aircraft construction, marine applications, etc., wherever strength with light weight and buoyancy were critical. The product
240-1023: A mini-museum of firefighting at the Franklin Fire Department. The Blackwater Regional Library system has the Ruth Camp Campbell Memorial Library. Annual events in Franklin include the Lumberjack Festival and the Juneteenth Cultural Celebration. In the fall, the city hosts the Franklin Fall Festival and the Downtown Boo Bash. There is also the annual Franklin Christmas Parade and the Holiday Open House & Craft Fair. Originally
280-594: A narrow and very crooked stream, with the frequent heavy firing of musketry." During the battle, five were killed in action and sixteen were wounded. As the naval vessels retreated, the Confederates tried to block the narrow Blackwater River by felling large trees across it. In the end, the Confederate attempts failed, as no soldiers were captured and no ships were lost. A total of seven Medals of Honor were awarded to individual seamen for their distinguished service. It
320-547: A stop on the Atlantic and Danville Railway in 1890. At the end of this period, after a bout with near-bankruptcy, World War I brought the Camp family back to financial success, bringing along with it the city of Franklin. By 1918, "Tiny Franklin had become a booming wartime village..." By 1955, the Camp Corporation's annual sales reached $ 28 million, much of which spread throughout the city of Franklin. The Camp family, with
360-645: A strong sense of family and community, gave much back to the city of Franklin through above-average wages and generous donations to local causes. On May 29, 1956, the residents of Franklin were informed that the Local Camp Manufacturing Corporation had just negotiated a merger with the Union Bag and Paper company operating out of New York . This merger formed the Union Camp Corporation . The city continued to grow along with Union Camp and
400-597: A technical staff was maintained there for architects and engineers. Also, at this site in Glens Falls, Union Camp maintained a cave-like storage facility where microfilms of all the company's important documents, such as contracts and legal papers, were sent after filming. The necessity or inspiration for such an operation was the Cold War. In 1999, the Union Camp Corporation was acquired by International Paper . At
440-530: Is located in Franklin. The Bon Secours - Southampton Medical Center is a 221-bed hospital located in Franklin. Franklin Municipal Power and Light provide electricity for the city. Union Camp Corporation Union Camp came about through the merger of the Union Bag and Paper Company and the Camp Manufacturing Company. Each of these family-owned companies had unique histories that led to
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#1732859435607480-652: Is the southwesternmost independent city in Hampton Roads , Commonwealth of Virginia . As of the 2020 census , the population was 8,180. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Franklin with Southampton County for statistical purposes. The city of Franklin had its beginnings in the 1830s as a railroad stop along the Blackwater River . During this era, the river was used to transport goods to and from Albemarle Sound in North Carolina . In 1862,
520-577: The 4th Congressional District GOP Committee. Franklin City Public Schools includes S. P. Morton Elementary School which includes pre-K through 5, J. P. King, Jr. Middle School which includes grades 6 through 8, and Franklin High School which includes grades 9 through 12. Paul D. Camp Community College is also located in Franklin. The Franklin Municipal Airport (John Beverly Rose Field)
560-623: The Blackwater River , the Blackwater River Boat Landing, and the Nottoway River Boat Landing which include boat ramps for fishing and boating. James L. Camp Jr. YMCA is located in Franklin. Both major parties of the United States political system operate in Franklin with official committees. The Democratic Party of Virginia is represented by City Councilman (Ward 5) Gregory McLemore (D) who became Chairman of
600-650: The Civil War came to Franklin in what was referred to as the Joint Expedition against Franklin . As several U.S. Navy flag steamships , led by the USS Commodore Perry , tried to pass through Franklin on the Blackwater River, a band of local Confederates opened fire on the ships. As stated by an officer aboard one of the ships, "The fighting was the same— Here and there high banks with dense foliage,
640-472: The Köppen Climate Classification system, Franklin has a humid subtropical climate , abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The Blackwater River , running along the eastern boundary of the city, played an important role in the industrialization of the city but has not been immune to problems plaguing rivers, most notably flooding. In 1999, in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd , downtown Franklin
680-512: The United States Census Bureau , the city of Franklin has a total area of 8.3 square miles (21.5 km ), of which 8.2 sq mi (21.2 km ) is land and 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km ) (1.7%) is water. Isle of Wight County is to the north and east, and Southampton County , is to the north, west, and south. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to
720-401: The poverty line , including 34.9% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those aged 65 or over. Modern Franklin has two major industrial sectors: agriculture and manufacturing. Franklin is listed as being the 13th-most profitable and 12th-largest farming community in the state. The neighboring areas of Southampton and Isle of Wight counties, along with the city of Suffolk , are all ranked in
760-467: The 20 most profitable farming counties, with Southampton County being the eighth-largest in the state. With the high agricultural profile of Franklin and the surrounding areas, it was only with the opening of the Camp Lumber Mill in 1887 that the manufacturing sector began to expand. The Camp Lumber Mill became the Union Camp Corporation , which was eventually bought by International Paper . Today,
800-415: The Camp family needed resources to expand their capital intensive paper production. Until this time, the Camp family was in possession of 74% of slightly over a million shares of their company. Reluctant to forfeit this control by becoming a publicly traded company, the Camp family looked for other avenues. After meeting with several potential buyers, many who were disgusted at Hugh Camps high asking price,
840-606: The City of Franklin's political representation to the 3rd Congressional District of Virginia GOP Committee was re-established with the election of Timothy C. Bradshaw , a local entrepreneur and political outsider, as Chairman of the Franklin City / Southampton County Republican Committee, while an elected member of the Southampton County Board of Supervisors, Christopher Cornwell, was appointed to represent Southampton County to
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#1732859435607880-793: The Franklin Democratic Committee in 2020. Since at least 2012, the Republican Party of Virginia did not have official representation for the City of Franklin due to the lack of appointment of a representative for Franklin, which combined with Southampton County forms the Franklin-Southampton Republican Party ("FSGOP"), one of three multi-jurisdictional "Combined Units" throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia in Republican Party of Virginia politics. In 2020,
920-586: The International Paper mill, located on the eastern boundary of the city, beside the Blackwater River , produces lumber, pulp and paper products and other chemical by-products. International Paper announced on October 22, 2009, that the paper mill would be permanently closed, which took place in May 2010. This eliminated ~1,100 jobs from the community. They have since resumed limited manufacturing, producing fluff pulp . This resulted in 213 new jobs. Franklin has
960-539: The Ruth Camp Campbell Memorial Library. Franklin is located in southeastern Virginia at 36°40′38″N 76°55′20″W / 36.67722°N 76.92222°W / 36.67722; -76.92222 (36.6772, -76.9222). Its eastern border is the Blackwater River , a south-flowing tributary of the Chowan River , the principal inflow for Albemarle Sound in North Carolina. U.S. Route 58 (Southampton Parkway) follows
1000-772: The circa 1840 Camp Family Homestead, Pretlow Peanut Company Warehouses, and numerous churches. Franklin High School is home to the 2004 and 2008 VHSL Division 1A State Football Champions. Franklin City Schools is home to FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1610 who were winners of the FIRST Robotics NASA/VCU regional robotics competition in 2006 and the FIRST Robotics Virginia regional competition in 2013, 2014, and 2015. The Franklin Department of Parks & Recreation oversees eleven sites, including Barrett's Landing on
1040-406: The city was 56.9% Black or African American , 39.4% White , 0.7% Asian , 0.0% Pacific Islander , 0.7% from other races , 0.3% Native American , and 1.9% from two or more races. 1.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 3,384 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.8% were married couples living together, 21.9% had
1080-689: The city's train depot, the restored Franklin Depot & Visitors Center is located in Historic Downtown Franklin. The Elms (Franklin, Virginia) is a Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style house built in 1898; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The seventeen-acre Woods Hills estate is also National Register-listed. The Franklin Historic District includes 226 contributing residential and commercial buildings including
1120-410: The founder. The Camp Manufacturing Company was founded in 1887 by three local Camp brothers from Franklin, Virginia . Paul Douglas Camp (President), James Leonidas Camp (Vice-president) and Robert Judson Camp (secretary-treasurer) purchased a small sawmill on the outskirts of Franklin . Paul Douglas Camp built The Elms , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The sawmill
1160-404: The passing of the final first generation Camps, the company was passed on to the second generation. This new generation brought the company into the paper production industry, starting with brown packaging paper in 1938 and eventually producing specialty bleached paper in the 1950s. By the mid 1950s, the industry competition was growing fierce with onset of extensive mergers within the industry and
1200-513: The property are the contributing smokehouse , poultry shelter (c. 1930), horse barn (c. 1930), and pumphouse (c. 1930). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. This article about a property in Isle of Wight County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Franklin, Virginia Franklin
1240-524: The record 23-foot (7.0 m) water line set from the 1999 flood. The flood was the result of a storm that distributed a large amount of water throughout the watershed in which Franklin resides. As of the census of 2010, there were 8,582 people, 3,384 households, and 2,277 families residing in the city. The population density was 999.2 people per square mile (385.8 people/km ). There were 3,767 housing units at an average density of 451.0 units per square mile (174.1 units/km ). The racial makeup of
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1280-507: The southern border of the city, leading east 21 miles (34 km) to Suffolk and 42 mi (68 km) to Norfolk . To the west US 58 leads 35 mi (56 km) to Emporia . U.S. Route 258 passes through the center of Franklin as East Second Avenue, South Main Street, and South Street; US 258 leads northeast 15 mi (24 km) to Windsor, Virginia , and southwest 21 mi (34 km) to Murfreesboro, North Carolina . According to
1320-622: The time and for many years) in Savannah, Georgia , on land formerly occupied by the Hermitage Plantation . This mill, and local politics, were the subject of Ralph Nader 's book, The Water Lords . The company had a major impact on Savannah politics, but was highly respected in the area as having kept Savannah from many of the severe effects of the Great Depression . The Savannah mill has a public golf course, named after Mary Calder, wife of
1360-579: The ultimate success of Union Camp until it was acquired by International paper . The Union Bag and Paper Company's history dates back to 1881, where it began as the Union Paper Bag Machine Company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania under the Calder family. In the late 1920s, partially due to concerns about the labor union movement in the north, the company built a major mill (the largest in the world at
1400-409: Was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 79.2 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 73.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 31,687, and the median income for a family was $ 40,299. Males had a median income of $ 32,083 versus $ 21,927 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 18,573. About 16.8% of families and 19.8% of the population were below
1440-422: Was called "Honeycomb" and it was unique in that it resembled a beehive, with the edges of the cells giving overall greater strength wherever it was used. The size of the cells could be changed and the thickness of the sheets could be varied to suit the application. It could also be impregnated with resins to make it stronger and waterproof. The manufacturing plant for this product was at Glens Falls , New York and
1480-529: Was incorporated as an independent city in 1961, separating from Southampton County. Union Camp thrived in Franklin until 1999 when it was acquired by International Paper . Though Union Camp no longer exists in Franklin, the Camp family name lives on. Their legacy is most notable in the community, with Paul D. Camp Community College , the James L Camp Jr. YMCA , the Texie Camp Marks Children's Center, and
1520-558: Was not until 1887 that Franklin began to see significant growth. Six brothers from the Camp family, with local roots, took possession of a local sawmill . The sawmill was small and had been operating for several years alongside the Blackwater River With the Camp family's acquisition of the mill, it experienced 20 years of rapid growth under the leadership of Paul Douglas Camp (president), James Leonidas Camp (vice-president) and Robert Judson Camp (secretary-treasurer). Franklin became
1560-427: Was purchased from Dr. Jimmy Jordan of Como, North Carolina . Under Dr. Jim Jordan, Camp Manufacturing Company of Franklin prospered and steadily increased in volume. By 1949 it utilized four log trucks, each with several times the load capacity of the first one. The business was grossing about $ 90 thousand a year. With their new sawmill, they began expanding it and over the next 20 years experienced rapid growth. After
1600-426: Was submerged under as much as 12 ft (3.7 m) of water as the Blackwater River swelled to a historic crest of 26.4 ft (8.0 m). The resultant flooding caused the submersion of 182 business and 150 homes, located primarily in downtown. When the hurricane name "Floyd" was retired in 2000, the name chosen as a replacement was Franklin. In 2006, Franklin endured another large-scale flood reaching just below
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