Pomonkey, Maryland

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Pomonkey is an unincorporated area located in Charles County, Maryland at the crossing of Livingston Road and Pomfret Rd.^[1]^[2]^[3]

1 History
2 Demographics
3 Local Landmarks
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Pomonkey is named for one of the Indian tribes living in the area. Dating from the early 1800s, the village of Bumpy Oak was renamed to Pomonkey when it was designated a postal stop.^[4] The former Pomonkey High School was one of two black segregated high schools in Charles County until the 1960s, and has a proud alumni association.^[5]

[edit] Demographics

Pomonkey itself is a rural area, for which few statistics are available. Bryans Road, Maryland is the closest area for which data are available,^[6] however the area lies at the meeting of zipcodes 20616, 20640 and 20646.^[7] As of 2000, Election District 7 (named for Pomonkey, but which includes Bryans Road and Indian Head^[1]) had a population of 11,859 persons. The racial breakdown was: 59.0% white, 35.8% black, 1.5% American Indian and Alaskan Native, 1.2% Asian, 0.1% Asian Indian, 0.2% Chinese, 0.6% Filipino, <0.1% Japanese, 0.1% Korean, <0.1% Vietnamese, 0.1% Other Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 0.5% Other race, 1.8% two or more races.^[8]

[edit] Local Landmarks

J C Parks Elementary School
Maryland Airport
Matthew Henson Middle School
Saint Johns Cemetery
Saint Johns Chapel^[9]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Bryans Road Indian Head Sub-Area Plan. Charles County, Maryland — Department Of Planning & Growth Management. Retrieved on 2007-10-14. Page 19.
^ Pomonkey Map. Absolute United States. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
^ Routes 220-239. MDRoads. Retrieved on 2008-02-19. Contrast with the Pomonkey Map, and see that the note for Route 227 refers to Marshall Hall road, which differs from Marshall Corner road.
^ Bryans Road, Appendix B Appendix B Brief History of Bryans Road
^ Partlow, Joshua & Paley, Amit R. (February 17, 2005), Area's Black Schoolhouses Still Have a Lesson to Teach, The Washington Post, <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28071-2005Feb16.html>. Retrieved on 23 December 2007
As noted here, the other school was Bel Alton.
^ 20616 Zip Code (Bryans Road, Maryland) Detailed Profile. City-data.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
^ Charles County, Maryland 2002 Zip Code Areas. Maryland State Data Center. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
^ http://www.charlescounty.org/pgm/planning/census/charts/Pomonkey.PDF
^ Pomonkey, Maryland, United States

[edit] External links

Describes former NRL installation
Pomonkey Launch and Control (MD-217/218, W-54)
Bryans Road Indian Head Sub-Area Plan. Department Of Planning & Growth Management, Charles County, Maryland. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
Dents Level Cemetery
Philip Rucker (July 22, 2007). After a Long Wait, Charles Airport to Expand. The Washington Post. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
Inside Our School World, Sports: African Americans During a Century of Segregation, Charles County, Maryland. College of Southern Maryland (2007-07-20). Retrieved on 2007-12-22.

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