Pembroke, Kentucky

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.HistoryThe 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.GeographyPembroke is located in eastern Christian County at . U.S. Route 41 passes through the town as Nashville Street, leading northwest 9mi to Hopkinsville, the county seat, and southeast to Guthrie at the Tennessee border.According to the United States Census Bureau, Pembroke has a total area of 2.9km2, of which 0.01sqkm, or 0.42%, is water.DemographicsAs of the census of 2000, there were 797 people, 305 households, and 214 families residing in the city. The population density was 772.4 people per square mile (298.8/km²). There were 328 housing units at an average density of 317.9 per square mile (123.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 64.87% White, 31.12% African American, 0.50% Native American or Alaska Native, 0.25% Asian, 0.75% from other races, and 2.51% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.25% of the population.