Moss Neck, North Carolina

Moss Neck circa. 1872

Moss Neck is a community in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.

History[]

Moss Neck is located in west-central Robeson County.^[1] It began as a center for turpentine distillation, though as local pine forests were depleted the industry moved south. The community remained due to the presence of a post office and a cooperage.^[2] In January 1861, the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad built a line through the village.^[3] A railway station was established, leading to a revitalization of the local community, and it became a center of Lumbee activity.^[4] It was frequented by members of the Lowry Gang during the Lowry War.^[5] In 1892, the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad proposed building a north-south line through Moss Neck, but at the opposition of a prominent citizen the line was moved a few miles west to Campbell's Mill, which shortly thereafter became Pembroke.^[6] The station at Moss Neck was later closed.^[7]

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Blu, Karen I. (2001). The Lumbee Problem: The Making of an American Indian People (reprint ed.). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-6197-6.
• Dial, Adolph L.; Eliades, David K. (1996). The Only Land I Know: A History of the Lumbee Indians (1st Syracuse University Press ed.). Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0360-3.
• Powell, William S. (1976). The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807812471.
• Watson, Alan D. (2016). Wilmington, North Carolina, to 1861. McFarland. ISBN 9780786482146.

Coordinates: 34°40′03″N 79°09′10″W / 34.66750°N 79.15278°W / 34.66750; -79.15278