Pocomoke City, Maryland Pocomoke City, Maryland View along Pocomoke River, Pocomoke City, Md (70296).jpg Official seal of Pocomoke City, Maryland Location in Worcester County and the state of Maryland Location in Worcester County and the state of Maryland Pocomoke City is positioned in Maryland Pocomoke City - Pocomoke City Location inside the state of Maryland State Maryland Pocomoke City, dubbed "the friendliest town on the Eastern Shore", is a town/city in Worcester County, Maryland, United States.
Although retitled in a burst of civic enthusiasm in 1878, the town/city is regularly referred to by its inhabitants simply as Pocomoke / po ko mo k/.
The town was incorporated as Newtown (or New Town) in 1865, but was reincorporated in 1878 as Pocomoke City, after the American Indian name of the river, meaning "black water." In 1922, the company precinct of Pocomoke City was finished in a large fire; on one side of town this continued up to the church on third Street, known as St.
In October 1933, George Armwood, Pocomoke City man was taken from a jail cell in close-by Saint Anne and killed by a mob. lived in Pocomoke City. Pocomoke City held a charter in the Eastern Shore Baseball League, at times hosting the Salamanders, the Red Sox, and the Chicks.
Pocomoke City was titled an All-America City by the National Municipal League, and for the years 1984-85, Pocomoke City was one of the nine Finalist Communities. The small-town schools, Pocomoke Elementary, Pocomoke Middle, and Pocomoke High, hold excellence standards with a several named as 'Blue Ribbon' schools in addition to various other awards. In June 2009, the Delmarva Discovery Center on the Pocomoke River, an interactive exhibition focusing on small-town ecology and history, opened. Pocomoke City's other exhibition is The Isaac Costen House Museum.
Clarke House, Crockett House, Hayward's Lott, Pocomoke City Historic District, Puncheon Mill House, and Young-Sartorius House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. References to the municipality's status as a town/city or town varies as stated to sources.
The Enumeration Bureau accounts Pocomoke City a city, while official state documents differ.
According to the Maryland State Archives, many more official documents refer to the "Town of Pocomoke City" than to the "City of Pocomoke City." The most recent references to the "Town" are from 1963, however, while the most recent references to the "City", which come from its charter, are from 1990. Other sources also differ: the Maryland Manual Online calls it as a city, while the Maryland Municipal League speaks of it as a town. While metros/cities and suburbs are decidedly different in some states, Maryland's metros/cities and towns, classed simply as "municipalities", are treated equally in state law. Pocomoke City is positioned at 38 4 8 N 75 33 42 W (38.068904, -75.561718). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.94 square miles (10.20 km2), of which 3.69 square miles (9.56 km2) is territory and 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2) is water. Climate data for Pocomoke City, Maryland As of the census of 2010, there were 4,184 citizens , 1,626 homeholds, and 1,077 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 49.5% White, 45.8% African American, 0.5% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 1.0% from other competitions, and 2.0% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,626 homeholds of which 38.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 35.5% were married couples living together, 24.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 33.8% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 36.4 years.
The gender makeup of the town/city was 55.6% female and 44.4% male.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,098 citizens , 1,596 homeholds, and 1,058 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 50.73% White, 46.36% African American, 0.46% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other competitions, and 1.61% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,596 homeholds out of which 35.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 38.6% were married couples living together, 24.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 30.5% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,938, and the median income for a family was $34,722.
George Armwood, victim of last recorded lynching in Maryland lived in Pocomoke City. Mike Mc - Dermott, former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and former Mayor of Pocomoke City "Governor O'Malley Declares Pocomoke City Maryland's 'Capital for a Day'" (Press release).
"Pocomoke City 2008 Review".
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Search results for "Town of Pocomoke City", Maryland Archives, accessed 2008-04-14.
Search results for "City of Pocomoke City", Maryland Archives, accessed 2008-04-14.
"Pocomoke City Charter" (PDF).
Pocomoke City, Maryland.
Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, Municipalities, Maryland Archives, 2007-04-16.
Pocomoke City, Maryland, Maryland Municipal League.
Article 23 - A 10 of the Maryland Code, enacted 1955, from Michie's Legal Resources.
Climate Summary for Pocomoke, Maryland Maryland State Archives.
Murray, James, History of Pocomoke City, formerly New Town (1883).
& Millard Lescallette, Worcester County, Maryland's Arcadia (1977).
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