Pembroke, North Carolina
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Location in North Carolina
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | North Carolina | ||
| County : | Robeson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 41 ′ N , 79 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,399 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 393.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.1 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 6.1 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 52 m | ||
| Postal code : | 28372 | ||
| Area code : | +1 910 | ||
| FIPS : | 37-51080 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0992012 | ||
| Website : | www.pembrokenc.com | ||
| Mayor : | Milton R. Hunt | ||
Pembroke is a place in Robeson County in the state of North Carolina in the United States of America . In 2000 the population was 2,399. Native Americans are 89 percent of the population . The place is the seat of the tribal administration of the Indians from the people of the Lumbee in North Carolina.
geography
Pembroke is located at the coordinates 34 ° 41 ' N , 79 ° 12' W . According to the United States Census Bureau , the area of the place covers 6.1 square kilometers, all of which is on land.
Demographics
According to the 2000 census , Pembroke had 2,399 people. Of these, 34 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 961 households and 611 families. The population density is 396 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population is composed of 88.9 percent Indians , 8.15 percent white, 2.2 percent African American and 0.54 percent Asian ; 0.7 percent are descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.
Of the 961 households, 35.7 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them, 27.3 percent of whom were married couples living together, 32.5 percent were single mothers and 36.4 percent were non-families. 32.5 percent were single households and 11.2 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.12.
34.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 11.5 percent between 18 and 24, 25.8 percent between 25 and 44, 17.6 percent between 45 and 64, 10.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 75.2 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were 64.9 men.
The median income for a household in the 18,355 US $ and the median income for a family was $ 21,218. Males had a median income of $ 26,875 versus $ 21,510 for females. The per capita income was $ 10,202. 40.7 percent of the population and 39.9 percent of families are below the poverty line. 54.3 percent of them are children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 34.1 percent are 65 years or older.
history
Archaeological excavations throughout Robeson County show a continuous history of settlement in the area dating back to the end of the last Ice Age , particularly near the Lumber River (formerly Drowning Creek). The Lumber meanders through Pembroke and the settlement from which Pembroke developed lay on its bank, where artifacts from the earlier settlement were found. This indicates that the Indian settlements along the river were part of an extensive trading network with other regions of today's southern states . After the first colonial contact, European goods, such as porcelain pipe bowls that were exchanged between the Spanish , French and English and Indians on the coast, found their way to Pembroke - long before the Europeans settled there. Swamps, rivers and artesian wells provided the locals with an excellent water supply, fish were plentiful and the lush vegetation contained a number of edible plants.
In 1725, British researchers commissioned the Wineau Factory to map a Waccamaw Sioux village a few kilometers west of present-day Pembroke on the banks of the Lumber River. In 1754, North Carolina governor Arthur Dobbs received a report from his agent and commanding officer of the Bladen County Militia , Colonel Rutherford, that a "mixed group" of 50 Indian families lived on Drowning Creek in the Waccamaw Sioux neighborhood. He also reported from a shot researcher who had wanted to examine the "empty areas". These are the first written records of the Lumbee and Tuscarora tribes .
The Lowry War between 1861 and 1874, one of the most important and controversial events in North Carolina history, took place in and around Pembroke. A 17-year-old boy named Henry Berry Lowry of the Tuscarora tribe, whose father and brother were murdered by the Confederate vigilante group, waged a seven-year guerrilla war with a group of North Carolina Indians and African Americans against the Confederation in the Robeson area and Pembroke. After their attacks, they fled into the swamps, a very effective protection against capture. As the war continued, food became scarce with the arrival of more and more outlaws (escaped slaves, Confederate deserters, and escaped Union prisoners). The rebels changed their tactics and raided plantations to distribute the food among the poor in Pembroke, which at the time was called "Scuffletown" or "The Settlement". Lowry disappeared without a trace in 1872. Towards the end of the century the place was finally renamed Pembroke after a railway company official.
Pembroke Today
Pembroke is the seat of the tribal administration of the Indians of the Lumbee tribe in North Carolina, the largest Native American people east of the Mississippi River , the ninth largest Native American people , and the largest (partially) recognized non- reservation population in the United States States. The Lumbee make up about half of all North Carolina Indians with a population of 52,614. Most of them live in Robeson, Hoke , Scotland and Cumberland Counties .
Personalities
- Chris Chavis , (Lumbee), wrestler
- Henry Berry Lowrie , (Tuscarora), rebel and leader in the Lowry War
- Malinda Maynor , (Lumbee), Professor Indian
- Kelvin Sampson , Indiana Hoosier coach
Individual evidence
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literature
- William McKee Evans: To Die Game: The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerrillas of Reconstruction . Syracuse University Press, 1995.
- Adolph L. Dial, David K. Eliades: The Only Land I Know: A History of the Lumbee Indians . Syracuse University Press, 1996.
- Karen I. Blu: The Lumbee Problem: The Making of an American Indian . University of Nebraska Press, 2001.
- E. Stanly Godbold Jr., Mattie U. Russell: Confederate Colonel And Cherokee Chief: The Life Of William Holland Thomas . University of Tennessee Press, 1990.