Prospect, North Carolina

Prospect is a census-designated place (CDP) in Robeson County, North Carolina. The population was 690 at the 2000 census. Located due northeast of Pembroke, North Carolina, Prospect is a traditionally Methodist community, with its church members largely becoming representatives for the entirety of the American Indian-Methodist community. Prospect is noted for one of its native sons, Adolph Dial, whose contributions to American Indian Studies have led to an heightened awareness of the local Lumbee Tribe and Native Americans throughout the Southeastern United States.GeographyProspect is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.7sqmi, all of it land.The Prospect community is general considered to cover as far east as Preston and Red Hill Rd., and as far north as Old Maxton/Red Spring Rd.