Pates, North Carolina

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Pates is a community in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. [1]

History

Croatan Normal School in Pates, c. 1909 Croatan Normal School in Pates.jpg
Croatan Normal School in Pates, c. 1909

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

  1. ↑ "Pates". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Powell, William S. (1976). The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 373. ISBN   9780807812471. OCLC   733691912.
  3. ↑ Evans, William McKee (2015). To Die Game: The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerillas of Reconstruction (reprint ed.). Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 235. ISBN   9780815603061.
  4. 1 2 Dial, Adolph L.; Eliades, David K. (1996). The Only Land I Know: A History of the Lumbee Indians (1st ed.). Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 142. ISBN   978-0-8156-0360-3.
  5. ↑ Locklear, Lawrence T. "UNCP's Founders". University of North Carolina at Pembroke . Retrieved November 1, 2021.

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