Description

The Pomonkey Historic District is significant as an early-to-mid-twentieth-century crossroads community that encompasses commercial, religious, social, and institutional resources in this rural Charles County community. Historically, many of the businesses and institutions within the historic district have been or are associated with the African American residents that populated this crossroads of the Pomonkey region beginning in the late nineteenth century during the postbellum years.

Pomonkey has functioned as a commercial, educational, social, and religious center in the community for over 100 years. The district is notable as a historically African American commercial enclave, which served the community during the early twentieth century when many local institutions and commercial establishments were segregated. The early schools in the area were segregated, as well, and served the county’s African American students into the late twentieth century. The district is composed of three educational buildings, a church and associated cemetery, two commercial buildings, two social halls, and a funeral home. There also are three residences in the district, which are included because of their association with one of the institutions—church, store, and funeral home.

Additional Resources

YouTube presentation, the Village of Pomonkey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxu4KOjMQkM

Maryland Inventory of Historic Places survey form: https://apps.mht.maryland.gov/medusa/PDF/Charles/CH-1021.pdf