Editing Pembroke, Georgia (section)

==History==
Pembroke was founded in 1892 as a [[railroad]] town and [[turpentine]] shipping center. It was named after early resident Pembroke Whitfield Williams. It was incorporated in 1905.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/p.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=173 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>  The county seat was voted to be moved from [[Clyde, Georgia|Clyde]] to Pembroke in 1935, with the first County Commissioners session in Pembroke taking place on February 15, 1937.

On [[Tornado outbreak of April 6–9, 1998|April 9, 1998]], a F3 tornado damaged the city.  It killed two people and injured 17 others along its path.

On [[2022 Pembroke–Black Creek tornado|April 5, 2022]], an EF2 tornado struck the town, causing heavy damage to many structures, trees, and power lines. The tornado would later strengthen to EF4 intensity in [[Black Creek, Georgia|Black Creek]], causing catastrophic damage, killing one person, and injuring 12 others.<ref name="ef4">{{cite report|department=National Weather Service in Charleston, South Carolina|title=NWS Damage Survey for the April 5, 2022 Tornado Event in Bryan County GA - Update #2|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSCHS&e=202204281517|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=April 28, 2022|access-date=April 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=After tornadoes strike the Southeast, Ga. residents recount the terror |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/06/pembroke-georgia-tornado-aftermath/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407173454/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/06/pembroke-georgia-tornado-aftermath/ |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |date=April 6, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Pembroke Historic District is listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]].