Pollocksvile, NC

Education in Pollocksville

The Town of Pollocksville was incorporated in 1849. It was recorded that Pollocksville had four schools in 1873 for white students None for black students. By 1916 two schools for black students were established known as the Garnett Industrial School and the Graded School. These schools were later closed and black students attended Rosenwald School located in Garnett Heights. With the building of the Alex H. White School, the smaller white schools were closed and in 1924 Garnett and Willie schools were consolidated for black students.

In 1958, black elementary school students left their small schools heated by pot belly stoves and moved into the newly constructed J. W. Willie School while white students continued to attend the Alex H. White School. Integration brought more changes and in 1968 black and white students attended the Alex H. White school in the lower grades and J. W. Willie School in the upper elementary grades and later began attending the Alex H. White School which is now known as Pollocksville Elementary School. The old Pollocksville Elementary School was torn down and in 1990 was replaced with a new school provided with a $2,000,000 "Critical Needs Grant". Norma Sermon Boyd was its first principal and later served as Superintendent of Schools for Jones County.
Pollocksville has one Headstart pre-school program and one elementary school.

Pollocksville Elementary School - (pictured below) was named as an exemplary school. The second picture is the Pollocksville Public Library equipped with five (5) computers with Internet access for research.

Dr. A.H. Hammond was the only family doctor to serve the community for many years before his death. Pollocksville went for many years without a physician. Dr. Ernest L. Bender gave up his part-time practice in New Bern and moved back to Pollocksville in 1958 where he established a part-time practice to care for children. Dr. Neil Bender returned to his native Pollocksville home and in July 1973 opened one of the finest and most advanced medical centers in North Carolina (Eastern Carolina Internal Medicine) located on Highway #17, which is now expanding into new and enlarged quarters. They also have offices in Havelock, Cape Carteret, NC and a new and enlarged facility in New Bern. They specialize in Internal Medicine, Gastrocenterology, Rheumatology, Aviation Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Cancer, Hematology, and Radiology. They are staffed by twenty-eight (28) physicians.

Trent Village Nursing Services provides facilities for 100 patients. Eighty rooms are set aside for nursing care while twenty provide rest home facilities. It is staffed by one hundred ten (110) personnel including eight (8) RNs and ten (10) LPNs. It is located on Highway #17 adjacent to ECIM.

The Craven Regional Medical Center a state of the art hospital located in New Bern, a short distance away also serves the community. It has 180 qualified physicians in all specialties and is staffed by 1300 personnel. It has 313 beds which are inadequate at present to meet the needs of the surrounding counties. A major portion of the hospital is devoted to heart transplants. CRMC is in the process of building a new wing on the hospital with the addition of new beds which is expected to alleviate the shortage problem CRMC also provides ambulance service to Pollocksville in addition to that provided by the Jones County Emergency Service.

The Trent Village Nursing Home opened in 1991 adjacent to the Medical Center after obtaining the signatures of 3546 persons from surrounding areas who felt the need for this facility

As of 2000 the Census recorded Pollocksville with a population of 275.
The tax rate is $.38 per $100 of assessed valuation.

There are many historic sites in or near Pollocksville, such as the Foscue Plantation House located on the Trent River. . This multi-story farm house served as home to the Foscue family which operated a 10,000 acre plantation operated by slave labor. It was the first brick home in Jones County on the Trent River built in 1803-04 by Simon Foscue. During the war, it was used as a hospital which accounts for the fact that it was the only plantation house left standing along Highway #17 between New Bern and Scotts Hill in Wilmington. This beautiful historic house is open for tours.

Homes and Real Estate

There are a variety of homes in Pollocksville. They include one to four bedroom homes, single and two story. Pictured below are some of the beautiful historic homes as well as some of the newer homes which have been meticulously maintained.

Utilities, Water, Sewage

Electricity is provided by Progress Energy within the Town limits. Surrounding areas are serviced by Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation and Progress Energy. Gas and propane is provided by private companies. Water is provided by the Town within Town limits and some adjacent areas. Surrounding areas are serviced by private wells. Sewage service is provided by the Town within Town limits and some adjacent areas while some surrounding areas are serviced by private disposal companies. Telephone service is provided by Sprint.