Pates, North Carolina
Pates is a community in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
Croatan Normal School in Pates, c. 1909
History
Pates is located in western Robeson County. According to historian William McKee Evans, it was preceded by a village known as Eureka. The community of Pates was established around 1880 by Russell W. Livermore, who settled on the land of a dead friend. It was named for a railway worker, Ed Pates. The community was incorporated in 1883, though in time its municipal government became inactive. By 1884 the town hosted a railway station and approximately 100 inhabitants. In 1887 the Croatan Normal School was founded, and its first buildings were established in Pates. The institution later moved to Pembroke.
References
- ^ "Pates". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Locklear, Lawrence T. "UNCP's Founders". University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
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