Learn about Matthew Henson Middle School
We are glad that you are searching for real estate information on our site. This information is located on a page that is not maintained by DMS Properties, LLC Residential Real Estate Services. Matthew Henson Middle School is located on Livingston Road in Indian Head, MD.
The school was named in honor of Matthew Alexander Henson. He was co-discoverer of the North Pole and the first person in recorded history to set foot on the North Pole. He was born in the community of Nanjemoy located in in Charles County, Maryland on August 8, 1866.
Henson served on expeditions with Admiral Robert E. Peary as his personal attendant and dogsled driver. Henson was the only American who accompanied Peary when the explorers reached the North Pole in 1909. Before his death in 1955 in New York City, Henson wrote A NEGRO EXPLORER AT THE NORTH POLE and lectured widely around the country.
On April 8, 1962, the State of Maryland placed a plaque and monument on the ground of Pomonkey Junior-Senior High School in Henson’s honor. That location is now Matthew A. Henson Middle School. It was not until 1969, however, that the school’s name was changed to Matthew Henson Middle School. This event occurred simultaneously with the conversion of the school from high school to middle school. Before the changeover, the building served as an integrated junior-senior high school from 1966 to 1968 and from 1958 to 1966 was one of the two junior-senior high schools serving the black population of Charles County.