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Pomonkey, Maryland
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  Pomonkey Location within the state of Maryland Show map of Maryland Pomonkey Pomonkey (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates: 38°36′28″N 77°04′18″W / 38.60778°N 77.07167°W / 38.60778; -77.07167 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Maryland |
| County |  Charles |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 586633 |
Pomonkey is an unincorporated community located in Charles County, Maryland, United States at the crossing of Livingston and Pomfret Roads, one mile (1.6 km) from Bryans Road.[1][2][3][4]
Pomonkey is named for the Pamunkey tribeofNative 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.[citation needed] Robert Brent (1764-1819) became the first mayor of Washington, D.C. (and freed his slaves in his will).
In the early 19th century, the village of Bumpy Oak was renamed Pomonkey when it was designated a postal stop.[5] Another Robert Brent (1759-1810) and Dorothy Leigh Brent built a plantation house in this area, which they called Brentfield (which later burned down).[citation needed] Their children included Maryland judge George Brent (1817-1881)[citation needed] and Louisiana's U.S. Representative William Leigh Brent (1784-1848),[citation needed] one of whose sons became Maryland Attorney General Robert James Brent[citation needed] and another Confederate General Joseph Lancaster Brent.[6][better source needed][citation needed]
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.[7] From 1946 to 1970 the "Pomonkey Spoon Factory" manufactured wooden tools and small items.[8][not specific enough to verify]
For several years, Maryland Airport has planned a 1,300 ft (400 m) 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.[9][not specific enough to verify] The Naval Research Laboratory has its Free Space Antenna Range on Bumpy Oak Road.[citation needed]
Pomonkey itself is a rural area, for which few statistics are available. Bryans Road, Maryland is the nearest community to Pomonkey for which data are available.[10] However, the area lies at the meeting of ZIP codes 20616 (Bryans Road), 20640 (Indian Head) and 20646 (La Plata).[11] As of 2000, Election District 7 (named for Pomonkey, but which includes Bryans Road and Indian Head)[1] 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.[12]
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