Pomonkey, Maryland

Pomonkey
—  Unincorporated area  —
Pomonkey Location within the state of Maryland
Coordinates: 38°36′28″N 77°04′18″W / 38.60778°N 77.07167°W / 38.60778; -77.07167Coordinates: 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	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID	586633

Pomonkey is an unincorporated area located in Charles County, Maryland at the crossing of Livingston Road and Pomfret Road, one mile (1.6 km) from Bryans Road.^[1][2][3][4]

History

Pomonkey is named for one of the Indian tribes living in the area. Dating from the early 19th century, the village of Bumpy Oak was renamed to Pomonkey when it was designated a postal stop.^[5] 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.^[6] From 1946 to 1970 the "Pomonkey Spoon Factory" manufactured wooden tools and small items.^{[7][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, but the plans are currently delayed by environmental concerns related to stormwater discharge into Mattawoman Creek.^{[8][not specific enough to verify]}

Demographics

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.^[9] However, the area lies at the meeting of ZIP codes 20616 (Bryans Road), 20640 (Indian Head) and 20646 (La Plata).^[10] 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.^[11]

Local landmarks

• J.C. Parks Elementary School
• Maryland Airport^[12]
• Matthew Henson Middle School
• Saint Johns Cemetery
• Saint Johns Chapel^[13]

References

External links

• Describes former NRL installation
• Pomonkey Launch and Control (MD-217/218, W-54)
• "Bryans Road Indian Head Sub-Area Plan". Department Of Planning & Growth Management, Charles County, Maryland. http://www.charlescounty.org/PGM/planning/plans/commplanning/bryansroad/default.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
• Dents Level Cemetery
• Philip Rucker (July 22, 2007). "After a Long Wait, Charles Airport to Expand". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/20/AR2007072002531.html. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 
• "Inside Our School World, Sports: African Americans During a Century of Segregation, Charles County, Maryland". College of Southern Maryland. 2007-07-20. http://www.csmd.edu/Library/SMSC/ccschools/sports/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-22. 

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