The Township Office is located at 4053 South Main Street, PO Box A, Hopkins Park, IL 60944.

They settled on 42 acres of land which was either bought or acquired using adverse possession laws[3] and established Hopkins Park.

[7][8][6][5] The Tetters were the first of a long tradition of Black farmers in Pembroke; people who had been forced to farm as slaves and sharecroppers could now cultivate their own small plots of land.

[5] This can present challenges for growing food, but it also allowed many Black families to buy land in an area that became mostly ignored by white farmers.

According to the Chicago Field Museum, "soil seen as poor by outsiders is an asset in Pembroke,[7]" requiring farmers to be creative and often collaborate.

[3] According to the Black Oaks Center, a local Black-run farm, “Pembroke was the 3rd largest hemp producer in the nation” during WWII.