Editing Hoke County, North Carolina

{{Short description|County in North Carolina, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Hoke County
 | state                = North Carolina
 | seal                 = Hoke county seal nc.jpg
 | founded              = April 1, 1911
 | named for            = [[Robert F. Hoke]]
 | seat wl              = Raeford
 | largest city wl      = Raeford
 | city type            = community
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 391.68
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 390.15
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 1.53
 | area percentage      = 0.39
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 52082
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 54446 {{gain}}
 | population_density_sq_mi = 133.49
 | coordinates          = {{coord|35.017|-79.24|type:adm2nd_region:US-NC_source:USCensusBureau2020gazetteerfiles|display=inline,title}}
 | web                  = www.hokecounty.net
 | ex image             = Hoke County Courthouse 2011-06.jpg
 | ex image cap         = [[Hoke County Courthouse]] in Raeford
 | district             = 9th
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | logo                 = Hoke County Logo.jpg
 | flag                 = Hoke County Flag.gif
 | motto                = "Where Quality Living Meets Quality of Life"
}}

'''Hoke County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 52,082.<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts"/> Its [[county seat]] is [[Raeford, North Carolina|Raeford]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref>

The county is home to part of the [[Fort Bragg]] military reservation.

==History==
===Early history===
The original inhabitants of the region eventually constituting Hoke County were [[Tuscarora people|Tuscarora]] Native Americans.{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=7}} Ancestors of the [[Lumbee people|Lumbee]] Native Americans lived in the area in the early 1700s.{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=13}} European settlers began establishing church congregations in the area in the mid-to-late 1700s.{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=7}} The area was later placed under the jurisdiction of [[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland]] and [[Robeson County, North Carolina|Robeson]] counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina.<ref name= vocci/> The community of [[Raeford, North Carolina|Raeford]] was formed in the 1890s and incorporated in 1901. In 1899, the [[Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad]] became the first rail line laid through the area.{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=7}}

===Creation===
[[File:Portrait of Robert Frederick Hoke from Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present, Volume I, 1905.png|thumb|left|The county was named for [[Robert F. Hoke]].]]
In the early 1900s, some residents in the far reaches of Cumberland and Robeson began lobbying for the creation of a new county, complaining of long and dangerous travel to their county courthouses.<ref name= locke/> In 1907 and 1909 there were unsuccessful efforts to lobby the state government led by State Senator J. W. McLauchlin to create a new "Glenn County" out of portions of Cumberland and Robeson.<ref name= locke>{{cite web| url = https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/hoke-county-1911/| title = Hoke County (1911)| date = 2011| website = North Carolina History Project| publisher = John Locke Foundation| access-date = April 14, 2023}}</ref>{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=8}} In 1911 a third attempt was made and conjoined with an effort to name a county in honor of [[Robert F. Hoke]], a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] general in the [[American Civil War]] and railroad executive.<ref name= vocci>{{cite web| url = https://www.ncpedia.org/geography/hoke| title = Hoke County| last = Vocci| first = Robert Blair| date = 2006| website = NCPedia| publisher = North Carolina Government & Heritage Library| access-date = April 13, 2022}}</ref>

On February 14, 1911, the [[North Carolina General Assembly]] voted to create the new Hoke County<ref>{{cite news| last = Hale| first = E. J.| title = How Hoke County Won| newspaper = Fayetteville Observer| edition = weekly| page = 4| date = February 22, 1911| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122811211/how-hoke-county-won/}}</ref> effective April 1 of that year, with its first government to be appointed by the [[governor of North Carolina]] pending the holding of an election.<ref>{{cite news| title = Hoke County April 1| newspaper = Fayetteville Observer| edition = weekly| page = 4| date = February 22, 1911| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122811314/hoke-county-april-1/}}</ref> Raeford was designated the [[county seat]],<ref name= vocci/> and local officials served out of rented office space until [[Hoke County Courthouse|a county courthouse]] was erected the following year.{{sfn|Monroe|2011|pp=8, 36}} At the time of its creation, Hoke County comprised about 268,000 acres of land. It had no paved roads and its economy was rooted in agriculture. Its approximately 10,000 residents were mostly white descendants of [[Scottish Highlands|Scottish Highlanders]] and African Americans.{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=8}}

===Development===
About 400 Hoke County residents served in the U.S. Army during [[World War I]].{{sfn|Monroe|2011|pp=8–9}} Between 1918 and 1923, the American federal government acquired 92,000 acres of land in the county as part of its efforts to expand Camp Bragg into [[Fort Bragg]].<ref>{{cite news| title = They Fought Uncle Sam for us ... and won| newspaper = The News-Journal| page = 63| edition = Hoke Centennial | date = 2011| url = https://www.thenews-journal.com/graphics/cent.pdf}}</ref> leaving about 150,000 acres leftover.{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=8}} Over 160 Hoke residents served in the armed forces during [[World War II]].{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=9}} After the war, the county's Lumbee population increased.{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=8}} An effort by the [[U.S. Army]] to acquire a further 49,000 acres in the county in 1952 for Fort Bragg was abandoned after intense lobbying by local residents. In 1958, Little River Township, a section of north Hoke which was cut off from the rest of the county due to the presence of the Fort Bragg Military Reservation, was moved into the jurisdiction of [[Moore County, North Carolina|Moore County]].{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=8}} Public schools, which had been originally racially segregated for whites, blacks, and Native Americans, were integrated in the 1960s.{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=9}}

==Geography==
{{maplink|frame=yes|zoom=8|id=Q502507|type=shape-inverse|text=Interactive map of Hoke County}}
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|391.68|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1.53|sqmi|abbr=on}} (0.39%) are covered by water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files – North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_37.txt |access-date=September 9, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is bordered by [[Moore County, North Carolina|Moore]], [[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland]], [[Robeson County, North Carolina|Robeson]], [[Scotland County, North Carolina|Scotland]], and [[Richmond County, North Carolina|Richmond]] counties.<ref name= censusprofile>{{cite web| url = https://data.census.gov/profile/Hoke_County,_North_Carolina?g=050XX00US37093| title = Hoke County, North Carolina| publisher = [[U.S. Census Bureau]]| access-date = April 15, 2023}}</ref> Hoke lies within North Carolina's [[Sandhills (Carolina)|Sandhills region]] and Coastal Plain region. It contains several [[Carolina bays]].{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=7}} It drains into the Lumber River basin and Cape Fear River basin.{{sfn|Bonham|2010|p=12}} Longleaf pine is native to the region.<ref>{{cite news| last = Goldsmith| first = Thomas| title = Nature, food and culture from Wake south to the other Carolina| newspaper = Star-News Online| date = August 8, 2014| url = https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2014/08/08/nature-food-and-culture-from-wake-south-to-the-other-carolina/30966691007/| access-date = April 25, 2023}}</ref>

===State and local protected areas===
* Calloway Forest Preserve<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calloway Forest Preserve |url=https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/calloway-forest/ |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=The Nature Conservancy |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Hoke Community Forest<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoke Community Forest |url=https://www.conservationfund.org/projects/hoke-community-forest |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=The Conservation Fund |language=en-gb}}</ref>
* [[Lumber River State Park]] (part)
* Nicholson Creek Game Land<ref>{{Cite web |title=NCWRC Game Lands |url=https://www.ncpaws.org/ncwrcmaps/gamelands |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=www.ncpaws.org}}</ref>
* Rockfish Creek Game Land<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stop 13: Rockfish Creek Game Land |url=https://www.visitfayettevillenc.com/listing/stop-13%3a-rockfish-creek-game-land/3237/ |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=www.visitfayettevillenc.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
* Sandhills Game Land (part)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Center |first=Richmond Country Tourism Development Authority/ Richmond County Visitor's |title=Sandhills Game Land |url=https://visitrichmondcounty.com/f/sandhills-game-land |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=Richmond Country Tourism Development Authority/ Richmond County Visitor's Center |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title = Army proposes to alter training simulations on Sandhills Game Land| newspaper = The Laurinburg Exchange| date = May 21, 2019| url = https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/25745/army-proposes-to-alter-training-simulations-on-sandhills-game-land| access-date = April 16, 2023}}</ref>

===Major water bodies===
* Big Marsh Swamp<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=April 20, 2017 |title=Final Hoke County CTP Report |url=https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/planning/TPBCTP/Hoke%20County/Final%20Hoke%20County%20CTP%20Report.pdf |access-date=April 15, 2023 |website=connect.ncdot.gov |page=11}}</ref>
* Buffalo Creek<ref name=watson>{{cite news| last = Watson| first = Addison| title = Trust conserves 272 acres in Hoke County| newspaper = The Robesonian| date = September 7, 2022| url = https://www.robesonian.com/features/237822/trust-conserves-272-acres-in-hoke-county| access-date = April 17, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Drowning Creek]]
* Gum Swamp<ref name=":0"/>
* Little Raft Swamp<ref name=":0"/>
* [[Little River (Cape Fear River tributary)|Little River]]
* Little Rockfish Creek<ref name=":0"/>
* Little Rockfish Lake<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fishing in Little Rockfish Creek |url=https://fishbrain.com/fishing-waters/iqZ55Ge-/little-rockfish-creek |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=Fishbrain |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Lumber River]]
* MacArthur Lake<ref>{{Cite web |title=McArthur Lake |url=https://www.visitfayettevillenc.com/listing/mcarthur-lake/6780/ |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=www.visitfayettevillenc.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
* Mountain Creek<ref name=":0"/>
* Quewhiffle Creek<ref name=":0"/>
* Raft Swamp<ref name=":0"/>
* [[Rockfish Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)|Rockfish Creek]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1920= 11722
|1930= 14244
|1940= 14937
|1950= 15756
|1960= 16356
|1970= 16436
|1980= 20383
|1990= 22856
|2000= 33646
|2010= 46952
|2020= 52082
|estyear=2023
|estimate=54446
|estref=<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts"/>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 17, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 17, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/nc190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=January 17, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=January 17, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37093.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 21, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607000107/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37093.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref> 2020<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/hokecountynorthcarolina|title=QuickFacts: Hoke County, North Carolina|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 21, 2024}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Hoke County, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Hoke County, North Carolina |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US37093&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Hoke County, North Carolina |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US37093&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Hoke County, North Carolina |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US37093&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|13,988
|19,142
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19,667
|41.57%
|40.77%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |37.76%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|12,536
|15,392
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16,385
|37.26%
|32.78%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |31.46%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|3,797
|4,313
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,803
|11.29%
|9.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.30%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|273
|467
|style='background: #ffffe6; |716
|0.81%
|0.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.37%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|38
|88
|style='background: #ffffe6; |189
|0.11%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.36%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|55
|88
|style='background: #ffffe6; |336
|0.16%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.65%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Multiracial]] (NH)
|544
|1,639
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,299
|1.62%
|3.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.33%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2,415
|5,823
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,687
|7.18%
|12.40%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.76%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''33,646'''
|'''46,952'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''52,082'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}


As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],  52,082 people were residing in Hoke County, with Raeford recorded as the largest community.<ref name= johnson1/> It is a [[majority-minority]] county;<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.wunc.org/education/2022-08-29/north-carolina-leandro-case-everything-need-know-court-schools| title = North Carolina's Leandro case: Everything you need to know| last = Tiberii| first = Jeff| date = August 29, 2022| website = WUNC 91.5| publisher = WUNC North Carolina Public Radio| access-date = December 16, 2022}}</ref> in the 2020 census, 40.4% of the community racially identified as White, 32.2% percent as Black,  7.0% as Native American, 1.4% as Asian, and 0.4% as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. About 14.8% identified as Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name= johnson1/> Hoke County is part of the [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]], NC [[Fayetteville metropolitan area, North Carolina|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].<ref name= johnson1/><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hokecounty.net/234/Demographics| title = Demographics| website = Hoke County, North Carolina| publisher = Hoke County Government| access-date = April 15, 2023}}</ref>

Hoke County's population has risen in recent decades, largely driven by expansions of Fort Bragg.<ref name=ecdev>{{cite web| url = https://www.hokecounty.net/591/Economic-Development| title = Economic Development| website = Hoke County North Carolina| publisher = Hoke County Government| access-date = April 14, 2023}}</ref><ref name= barnes1/> Between 1990 and 2000, the county's population expanded by 47%.<ref name= TBJ1>{{cite news| title = 52 Shades of Success: His Cary tech company aims to create millionaires| newspaper = Triangle Business Journal| date = March 18, 2022| url = https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2022/03/18/ashok-mathur-patagonia-health-cary-nc.html?b=1647604026%5E22051774| access-date = April 15, 2023}}</ref> From 2000 to 2010, the population grew from about 34,000 to over 45,000 residents.{{sfn|Monroe|2011|p=9}} Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, the county grew by 17.8%, adding 5,130 residents. Proportionately, the White population shrank by 4.9%, while the Hispanic/Latino population expanded by 2.4%.<ref name= johnson1>{{cite news| last = Johnson| first = Kristen| title = Hoke, Harnett counties experienced major population growth since 2010, Census results show| newspaper = The Fayetteville Observer| date = August 16, 2021| url = https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2021/08/16/census-hoke-harnett-county-saw-population-growth-us-census-north-carolina-data/8107329002/| access-date = April 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925160325/https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2021/08/16/census-hoke-harnett-county-saw-population-growth-us-census-north-carolina-data/8107329002/|archive-date=September 25, 2021}}</ref> From 2020 to 2021, the population rose faster than the average state rate of demographic growth.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ncdemography.org/2022/03/24/county-estimates-show-more-deaths-than-births-pandemic-migration/| title = County estimates show more deaths than births, pandemic migration| last = Tippett| first = Rebecca| date = March 24, 2022| website = Carolina Demography| publisher = University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill| access-date = April 14, 2023}}</ref>

==Law and government==
=== Government ===
Hoke County's government is seated in Raeford<ref name= vocci/> and led by a five-person [[county commission]].<ref name= rash>{{cite web| url = https://www.ednc.org/the-hoke-county-way-no-excuses/| title = The Hoke County Way: No excuses| last = Rash| first = Mebane| date = May 25, 2015| website = EdNC| publisher = EducationNC| access-date = April 16, 2023}}</ref>

Hoke County is a member of the [[Councils of governments in North Carolina|Lumber River Council of Governments]], a regional planning board representing five counties.<ref>{{cite news| title = Richardson explains role of LRCOG to Rotary Club| newspaper = [[The Laurinburg Exchange]]| date = January 28, 2020| url = https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/33084/richardson-explains-role-of-lrcog-to-rotary-club| access-date = July 21, 2022}}</ref> The county also has its own soil and water conservation district, led by two elected supervisors.<ref name= shepard1/> The northern third of the county is a part of the [[Fort Bragg|Fort Bragg Military Reservation]].<ref name= vocci/> It is located in the [[North Carolina Senate]]'s [[North Carolina's 24th Senate district|24th district]], and the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]]' [[North Carolina's 48th House district|48th district]].<ref name= shepard1>{{cite news| last = Shepard| first = Catherine| title = Incumbents return to commission, sheriff's office, newcomers join school board| newspaper = The News-Journal| date = November 9, 2022| url = https://www.hokenews.com/index.php/2022/11/09/incumbents-return-to-commission-sheriffs-office-newcomers-join-school-board/| access-date = April 13, 2023}}</ref> Hoke is one of the four counties within the jurisdiction of the [[Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina]], and tribal members within the county elect some members of the tribal council.{{sfn|Lowery|2018|p=222}}

===Judicial system===
Hoke County lies within the bounds of North Carolina's 29th Prosecutorial District, the 19D [[North Carolina Superior Court|Superior Court]] District, and the 19D District Court District.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nccourts.gov/locations/hoke-county| title = Hoke County| publisher = North Carolina Judicial Branch| access-date = April 13, 2023}}</ref> County voters elect a county sheriff and a [[Court clerk|clerk of superior court]].<ref name= shepard1/>

===Politics===
{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| <strong>Historical presidential election returns</strong>
|-
| {{PresHead|place=Hoke County, North Carolina|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|10,547|11,896|324|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|9,453|11,804|382|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|7,760|9,726|744|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|6,819|10,076|194|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|6,293|9,227|107|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|5,257|5,794|37|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|3,439|5,017|126|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,914|3,510|505|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,711|3,730|896|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,020|3,281|32|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|2,449|3,214|14|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,168|3,376|84|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|920|3,186|17|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,927|1,466|33|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|812|2,185|1,545|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|779|2,254|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|596|2,106|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|513|1,944|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|616|1,761|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|142|1,339|178|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|160|1,782|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|117|1,904|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|141|1,953|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|65|1,780|5|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|311|1,154|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|141|1,146|4|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|166|1,266|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|110|780|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|63|626|40|North Carolina}}
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Hoke County is politically dominated by the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref>{{cite news| last = Campbell| first = Colin| title = GOP leaders: Voters who support House candidate not racist, just uninformed| newspaper = The Herald-Sun| pages = 3A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122953300/the-herald-sun/ 4A]| date = July 7, 2018| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122953292/the-herald-sun/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last =  Woolverton| first = Paul| title = Lynnette 'Diamond' Hardaway, of Diamond and Silk, dead at 51| newspaper = The Fayetteville Observer| date = January 10, 2023| url = https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2023/01/10/lynnette-diamond-hardaway-of-diamond-and-silk-dead-at-51/69794563007/| access-date = April 16, 2023}}</ref> In the 2024 elections, Hoke County voters narrowly favored Democratic candidates.<ref>{{cite news| last = Shepard| first = Catharin| title = McCollum, Leach for commission as McAllister-McRae, Brown lead for school board, Pierce and Britt back in – Hoke County voters set early turnout record| newspaper = The News-Journal| date = November 6, 2024| url = https://www.hokenews.com/index.php/2024/11/06/mccollum-leach-for-commission-as-mcallister-mcrae-brown-lead-for-school-board-voters-set-early-turnout-record/| access-date = November 26, 2024}}</ref>

==Economy==
[[File:StandardLotsofTurkeysInCrates1 (4503196263).jpg|thumb|Turkeys in a Hoke poultry processing facility]]
Hoke County's economy was originally rooted in the lumber and turpentine industries, and over the course of the 20th century expanded to cover the cultivation of cotton and grain crops and eventually the rearing of livestock.{{sfn|Monroe|2011|pp=7–9}} Poultry production and processing in particular grew after World War II.<ref>{{cite news| last = Futch| first = Michael| title = House of Raeford shut down marks end of era for Raeford| newspaper = The Fayetteville Observer| date = July 28, 2013| url = https://www.fayobserver.com/story/business/2013/07/28/house-raeford-shut-down-marks/22111272007/| access-date = April 15, 2023}}</ref> The county has experienced economic growth in recent decades due to its proximity to Fort Bragg.<ref name= barnes1>{{cite news| last = Barnes| first = Greg| title = Mishandling money not new in Hoke County| newspaper = The Fayetteville Observer| date = March 4, 2017| url = https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2017/03/04/mishandling-money-not-new-in-hoke-county/22014024007/| access-date = April 14, 2023}}</ref> Poultry production remains a key part of the local economy.<ref name=ecdev/>

==Transportation==
County government supports a [[public transport bus service]], the Hoke Area Transit Service.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hokecounty.net/158/Hoke-Area-Transit-Service-HATS| title = Hoke Area Transit Service| website = Hoke County, North Carolina| publisher = Hoke County Government| access-date = April 15, 2023}}</ref> Local rail transport is provided by the Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad.<ref name=ecdev/>

===Major highways===
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|15}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|401}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|401|dab1=Raeford}}<ref name= shepard2/>
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|501}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|20}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|211}}<ref name= shepard2>{{cite news| last = Shepard| first = Catharin| title = Three big road projects for Hoke in state draft plan| newspaper = The News-Journal| date = August 10, 2022| url = http://www.hokenews.com/index.php/2022/08/10/three-big-road-projects-for-hoke-in-state-draft-plan/| access-date = April 17, 2023}}</ref>

==Education==
Most of the county is under the public educational jurisdiction of Hoke County Schools,<ref name= districtmap/> which is governed by an elected school board.<ref name= shepard1/> A partnership with [[Sandhills Community College]] and the county created the [[SandHoke Early College]] program, which uses the community college as well as multiple middle and high schools in the county.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2023 |title=SandHoke Early College High School |url=https://www.sandhills.edu/academics/ccp/sandhoke-early-college-high-school-2.html |access-date=April 25, 2023 |website=Sandhills Community College |language=en}}</ref> Sections in [[Fort Bragg]] are served by schools in the [[Department of Defense Education Activity]] (DoDEA),<ref name= districtmap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st37_nc/schooldistrict_maps/c37093_hoke/DC20SD_C37093.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190711/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st37_nc/schooldistrict_maps/c37093_hoke/DC20SD_C37093.pdf |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hoke County, NC|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 5, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st37_nc/schooldistrict_maps/c37093_hoke/DC20SD_C37093_SD2MS.txt Text list] - "Fort Bragg Schools" refers to the DoDEA schools.</ref> for grades K-8. High school-level students living on Fort Bragg attend the local public high schools operated by the respective county they live in.<ref name=FortBraggSchools>{{cite web|url=https://www.dodea.edu/americas/midatlantic/fortbragg/index.cfm|title=Fort Bragg/Cuba Community|publisher=[[Department of Defense Education Activity]]|accessdate=July 5, 2022}}</ref> According to the 2021 [[American Community Survey]], an estimated 19.8 percent of county residents have attained a bachelor's degree or higher level of education.<ref name= censusprofile/>

==Healthcare==
Hoke County is served by two hospitals,<ref>{{cite news| last = Shepard| first = Catharin| title = County commissioners in budget talks this week| newspaper = The News-Journal| date = May 26, 2021| url = https://www.hokenews.com/index.php/2021/05/26/county-commissioners-in-budget-talks-this-week/| access-date = April 16, 2023}}</ref> Hoke Hospital and the Hoke Campus of Moore Regional Hospital, both located in the eastern half of the county.<ref>{{cite news| last=Rentz|first=Paige| title = Hospitals have Hoke County poised for economic growth| newspaper = The Fayetteville Observer| date = July 11, 2015| url = https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2015/07/11/hospitals-have-hoke-county-poised/22235402007/| access-date = April 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416065353/https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2015/07/11/hospitals-have-hoke-county-poised/22235402007/|archive-date=April 16, 2023}}</ref> County government supports a public health department, which experienced an expanding caseload between the 2010s and early 2020s due to Hoke's demographic growth.<ref name= TBJ1/>

==Culture==
In 1984, the county began hosting an annual festival, the Hoke Heritage Hobnob.<ref name= vocci/> Over time, this transformed into the North Carolina Turkey Festival and then the North Carolina Fall Festival, which celebrates turkey production in the state.<ref name= vocci/><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hokecounty.net/93/Attractions| title = Attractions| website = Hoke County, North Carolina| publisher = Hoke County Government| access-date = April 15, 2023}}</ref> Several area buildings and sites [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Hoke County, North Carolina|have been listed]] on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ncdcr.gov/about/history/division-historical-resources/state-historic-preservation-office/architectural-surveys-and-national-register-historic-places/north-carolina-national-register-historic-places/nc-listings-national-register-historic-places| title = NC Listings in the National Register of Historic Places| publisher = North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources| access-date = April 19, 2023}}</ref>

==Communities==
[[File:Map of Hoke County North Carolina With Municipal and Township Labels.PNG|thumb|250px|Map of Hoke County with municipal and township labels]]

===City===
* [[Raeford, North Carolina|Raeford]] (county seat and largest community)<ref name= johnson1/>

===Census-designated places===
* [[Ashley Heights, North Carolina|Ashley Heights]]
* [[Bowmore, North Carolina|Bowmore]]
* [[Dundarrach, North Carolina|Dundarrach]]<ref name= vocci/>
* [[Five Points, North Carolina|Five Points]]
* [[Rockfish, North Carolina|Rockfish]]
* [[Silver City, North Carolina|Silver City]]

===Townships===
Hoke County [[Township (United States)|townships]] include:{{sfn|Powell|1976|p=231}}
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* Allendale
* Antioch
* Blue Springs
* McLauchlin
* Raeford
* Quewhiffle
* Stonewall
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[List of counties in North Carolina]]
* [[North Carolina in the American Civil War]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Works cited==
* {{Citation| last = Bonham| first = John| title = Hoke County Working Lands Protection Plan | publisher = North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality| date = February 2010| url = https://umo.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hoke-County-Working-Lands-Protection-Plan.pdf}}
* {{cite book| last = Lowery| first = Malinda Maynor| title = The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle| publisher = UNC Press Books| date = 2018| location = Chapel Hill| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9_5mDwAAQBAJ| isbn = 9781469646381}}
* {{cite book|title=Hoke County |first1=Joyce C. |last1=Monroe |last2=Raeford-Hoke Museum |date=2011 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn= 978-0-7385-8679-3|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jBmArfFTD6gC|ref={{harvid|Monroe|2011}}}}
* {{cite book| last = Powell| first = William S.| title = The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places| publisher = The University of North Carolina Press| date = 1976| location = Chapel Hill| isbn = 9780807812471}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{osmrelation|2528710}}
* {{Official website|https://www.hokecounty.net/}}

{{Geographic location
| Centre    = Hoke County, North Carolina
| North     = [[Moore County, North Carolina|Moore County]]
| Northeast =
| East      = [[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland County]]
| Southeast =
| South     = [[Robeson County, North Carolina|Robeson County]]
| Southwest = [[Scotland County, North Carolina|Scotland County]]
| West      = [[Richmond County, North Carolina|Richmond County]]
| Northwest = [[Moore County, North Carolina|Moore County]]
}}
{{Hoke County, North Carolina}}
{{North Carolina}}
{{Authority control}}

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