Pembroke is a home rule-class city in Christian County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 869 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. It is part of the Clarksville, Tennessee metropolitan area.
Name: | Pembroke city |
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LSAD Code: | 25 |
LSAD Description: | city (suffix) |
State: | Kentucky |
County: | Christian County |
Incorporated: | 1869 |
Elevation: | 587 ft (179 m) |
Total Area: | 1.12 sq mi (2.89 km²) |
Land Area: | 1.11 sq mi (2.88 km²) |
Water Area: | 0.01 sq mi (0.01 km²) |
Total Population: | 865 |
Population Density: | 778.58/sq mi (300.74/km²) |
ZIP code: | 42266 |
Area code: | 270 & 364 |
FIPS code: | 2159934 |
GNISfeature ID: | 0500368 |
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History
The town was settled in 1836 and named for Pembroke Somerset, Esq., a character in Jane Porter’s 1803 novel Thaddeus of Warsaw, by Dr. Lunsford Lindsay, a local store owner. It was incorporated as a city in 1869.
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Geography
Pembroke is located in eastern Christian County at 36°46′29″N 87°21′23″W / 36.77472°N 87.35639°W / 36.77472; -87.35639 (36.774633, -87.356361). U.S. Route 41 passes through the town as Nashville Street, leading northwest 9 miles (14 km) to Hopkinsville, the county seat, and southeast 14 miles (23 km) to Guthrie at the Tennessee border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Pembroke has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.9 km), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km), or 0.42%, is water.
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