Pomonkey, Maryland: Difference between revisions

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Pomonkey is named for the [[Pamunkey|Pamunkey tribe]] of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] that lived in the area. The Brent family owned much of the land from before the [[American Revolutionary War]], asserting their claims after Giles Brent married princess [[Mary Kittamaquund]] in the 17th century. [[Robert Brent]] (1764-1819) became the first mayor of Washington, D.C. (and freed his slaves in his will).<ref name="MDHistoryEarlyFamilies">{{cite book |last1=Richardson |first1=Hester |title=Side-lights on Maryland history, with sketches of early Maryland families |date=1913 |publisher=Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins company |url=https://archive.org/details/sidelightsonmar00richgoog/page/n11/mode/2up |accessdate=3 February 2020}}</ref>

In the early 19th century, the village of Bumpy Oak was renamed Pomonkey when it was designated a postal stop.<ref>Bryans Road, Appendix B Appendix B Brief History of Bryans Road</ref> Another Robert Brent (1759-1810) and Dorothy Leigh Brent built a plantation house in this area, which they called Brentfield (which later burned down).<ref name="MDHistoryEarlyFamilies" /> Their children included Maryland judge George Brent (1817-1881) and Louisiana's U.S. Representative [[William Leigh Brent]] (1784-1848), one of whose sons became Maryland Attorney General [[Robert James Brent]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series) Robert J. Brent (1811-1872) |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001500/001503/html/01503bio.html |website=Maryland State Archives |accessdate=3 February 2020}}</ref> and another Confederate General [[Joseph Lancaster Brent]].<ref name="MDHistoryEarlyFamilies" /><ref>David M. French, The Brent Family; the Carroll Families of Colonial Maryland (Alexandria, Virginia typescript copyright 1981) pp. 85-87</ref><ref name="BrentFamily">{{cite journal |last1=Chilton |first1=W.B. |title=The Brent Family (Continued) |journal=The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography |year=1913 |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=96–97 |jstor=4243248 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite news

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}}<br />As noted here, the other school was Bel Alton.</ref> From 1946 to 1970 the "Pomonkey Spoon Factory" manufactured wooden tools and small items.<ref>"Portraits of America: Charles County", page 55 of volume 2, published 2009.</ref> In 2022, the Pomonkey High School Alumni Association held a Centennial Celebration which celebrated its 100 years of history including the fact that it was the first high school in the county created for black students.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schools |first=Charles County Public |date=2022-08-26 |title=Pomonkey High School Alumni Association Holds Centennial Celebration; Honoring 100 Years Of History |url=http://thebaynet.com/pomonkey-high-school-alumni-association-holds-centennial-celebration-honoring-100-years-of-history/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=The BayNet |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schools |first=Charles County Public |date=2022-08-26 |title=Pomonkey High School Alumni Association holds centennial celebration |url=http://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2022/08/26/pomonkey-high-school-alumni-association-holds-centennial-celebration/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=The Southern Maryland Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref>

For several years, [[Maryland Airport]] has planned a {{convert|1300|ft|m|abbr=on}} expansion, including an energetics (explosives) technical center and business park employing over 3,000 people. However, environmental concerns related to stormwater discharge into [[Mattawoman Creek]] delayed those plans.<ref>Maryland Independent newspaper, October 30, 2009, page A-8.</ref> The [[Naval Research Laboratory]] has its Free Space Antenna Range on Bumpy Oak Road.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fact Book |date=1985 |publisher=Naval Research Laboratory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jaEHO1LrRP4C&q=Free+Space+Antenna+Range,+Pomonkey,+MD&pg=PA11 |accessdate=3 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pomonkey |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/space/facility/pomonkey.htm |website=globalsecurity.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Case for Protection of the Watershed Resources of Mattawoman Creek |url=https://dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/Documents/Mattawoman_Ecosystem_Final_Report_March_2012.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006230514/https://dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/documents/Mattawoman_Ecosystem_Final_Report_March_2012.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2022 |website=[[Maryland Department of Natural Resources]]}}</ref>

Pomonkey itself is an unincorporated area and not part of a [[Census Designated Place]], so few statistics for Pomonkey are available. [[Bryans Road, Maryland]] is the nearest community to Pomonkey for which data are available.<ref>{{cite web

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}}</ref> As of 2000, Election District 7 (named for Pomonkey, but which includes [[Bryans Road, Maryland|Bryans Road]] and [[Indian Head, Maryland|Indian Head]])<ref name="subarea"/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Table C-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 |url=http://www.charlescounty.org/pgm/planning/census/charts/Pomonkey.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030913202258/http://www.charlescounty.org/pgm/planning/census/charts/Pomonkey.PDF |archive-date=13 September 2003 |website=charlescounty.org}}</ref>

*[[Maryland Airport]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=AirNav: 2W5 - Maryland Airport |url=http://www.airnav.com/airport/2W5 |access-date= |website=airnav.com}}</ref>

*Saint Johns Chapel<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pomonkey MD 20646 USA Map |url=http://abstusa.com/md/pomonkey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427121606/http://abstusa.com/md/pomonkey |archive-date=27 April 2012 |website=abstusa.com}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=January 2024}}</ref>

*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/facility/pomonkey.htm "Pomonkey"] – Describes former [[Naval Research Laboratory|NRL]] installation

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