Lumberton, North Carolina Lumberton, North Carolina Lumberton, North Carolina is positioned in North Carolina Lumberton, North Carolina - Lumberton, North Carolina Location inside the state of North Carolina Lumberton is a town/city in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.

It is the governmental center of county of Robeson County. Lumberton, positioned in southern North Carolina's Inner Banks region, is positioned on the Lumber River.

Founded in 1787 by John Willis, an officer in the American Revolution, Lumberton was originally a shipping point for lumber used by the Navy, which was sent downriver to Georgetown, South Carolina.

The City of Lumberton was created by an Act of the North Carolina General Assembly in 1787 and was titled the governmental center of county of Robeson County.

Robeson County is positioned in the Coastal Plains region of southeastern North Carolina.

The county was created from Bladen County in 1786 by two American Revolutionary War heroes and inhabitants of the area, General John Willis and Colonel Thomas Robeson.

The county was titled after Colonel Robeson and the territory for the governmental center of county was donated by General Willis, who is also credited with naming the governmental center of county Lumberton.

Many no-charge blacks were descendants of white men and African women, whether slave, no-charge or indentured, from the colonial years when working classes lived and worked near each other. The County has a high proportion of Lumbee, who have been recognized as a Native American tribe by the state of North Carolina but have not been able to receive federal recognition as an Indian tribe by the US Federal government or the B.I.A.

For four seasons, 1947-50, Lumberton fielded a experienced minor league baseball team in the Tobacco State League.

Affiliated with the Chicago Cubs, the team was known as the Lumberton Cubs in 1947 and '48, and the Lumberton Auctioneers in 1949 and '50. In 1970, Lumberton was titled an All-American City, presented by the National Civic League.

In 2010, the North Carolina Legislature designated Lumberton as THE FIRST Certified Retirement Community in North Carolina.

The Baker Sanatorium, Luther Henry Caldwell House, Carolina Theatre, Humphrey-Williams Plantation, Lumberton Commercial Historic District, Planters Building, Robeson County Agricultural Building, Alfred Rowland House, and US Post Office-Lumberton are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.8 square miles (40.9 km2), of which 15.7 square miles (40.7 km2) are territory and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km2) (0.44%) is water.

Lumberton is positioned on the Lumber River in the state's Coastal Plains region.

The Lumber River State Park, 115 miles (185 km) of natural and scenic waterway, flows through Lumberton.

The river was designated as a National Wild and Scenic River and is part of the North Carolina Natural and Scenic River System.

Lumberton is the larger principal town/city of the Lumberton-Laurinburg CSA, a Combined Travel Destination that includes the Lumberton (Robeson County) and Laurinburg (Scotland County) micropolitan areas, which had a combined populace of 159,337 at the 2000 census. Children of high school age (grades 9-12) attend Lumberton High School, which is run by the Public Schools of Robeson County, as it is in Robeson County.

Brad Edwards (born 1966), was a former American football defensive back who played nine seasons in the National Football League for the Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins, and the Atlanta Falcons.

He is the Director of Athletics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and was born in Lumberton.

Carmen Hart, pornographic film actress and erotic dancer, was born in Lumberton.

Johnny Hunt, who was propel president of the Southern Baptist Convention in 2008, was born in Lumberton.

He was born and raised in Lumberton and practiced law in the town/city before to his election to Congress.

Afeni Shakur, a prominent member of the Black Panther Party and the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, was born in Lumberton.

John Small (born 1946) was an American football linebacker with the Atlanta Falcons and the Detroit Lions in the National Football League.

He was born in Lumberton and died in 2012.

Tim Worley (born 1966) is a former American football running back who played for the Georgia Bulldogs in college, and the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), was born in Lumberton.

Tommy Greene, (born 1967) a former Major League Baseball player who pitched from 1989 to 1995 and 1997, was born in Lumberton.

Gene Locklear (born 1949), a former Major League Baseball outfielder, was born in Lumberton.

Dwight Lowry (born 1957), was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins was born in Lumberton and died in 1997 in New York.

Jamain Stephens, (born 1974), a former NFL offensive tackle who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals was born in Lumberton.

Paul Heinegg, Free African Americans in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware, Baltimore, Maryland: 1995-2005 "The Tobacco State League; A North Carolina Baseball History, 1946 1950"..

Municipalities and communities of Robeson County, North Carolina, United States

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