Pates, North Carolina

Populated place in North Carolina, U.S.

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

## History

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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

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1. ^ "Pates". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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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Municipalities and communities of Robeson County, North Carolina, United States

County seat: Lumberton

City|

* Lumberton

Towns|

* Fairmont
* Lumber Bridge
* Marietta
* Maxton‡
* McDonald
* Orrum
* Parkton
* Pembroke
* Proctorville
* Raynham
* Red Springs
* Rennert
* Rowland
* St. Pauls

CDPs|

* Barker Ten Mile
* Elrod
* Prospect
* Raemon
* Rex
* Shannon
* Wakulla

Unincorporated
communities|

* Barnesville
* Bloomingdale
* Five Forks
* Moss Neck
* Pates
* Philadelphus
* Red Banks

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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