Pates, North Carolina
Pates is a community in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.[1]
History[]
Pates is located in western Robeson County.[2] According to historian William McKee Evans, it was preceded by a village known as Eureka.[3] The community of Pates was established around 1880 by Russell W. Livermore, who settled on the land of a dead friend.[4] It was named for a railway worker, Ed Pates. The community was incorporated in 1883, though in time its municipal government became inactive.[2] By 1884 the town hosted a railway station and approximately 100 inhabitants.[4] In 1887 the Croatan Normal School was founded, and its first buildings were established in Pates. The institution later moved to Pembroke.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Pates". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
- ^ a b Powell 1976, p. 373.
- ^ Evans 2015, p. 235.
- ^ a b Dial & Eliades 1996, p. 142.
- ^ Locklear, Lawrence T. "UNCP's Founders". University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
Bibliography[]
- 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.
- Evans, William McKee (2015). To Die Game: The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerillas of Reconstruction (reprint ed.). Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815603061.
- Powell, William S. (1976). The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807812471.
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Coordinates: 34°41′24″N 79°12′54″W / 34.69000°N 79.21500°W
- Unincorporated communities in Robeson County, North Carolina
- Lumbee