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About Dare County
Dare County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the southernmost county in the Hampton Roads Combined Statistical Area (CSA). As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,915. Its county seat is Manteo.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Dare County at a glance
- County seat
- Manteo
- Population
- 36,915 (2020)
- Land area
- 1,561 sq mi
- Founded
- 1870
Communities
Largest communities in Dare County
- Kill Devil Hills7,656
- Kitty Hawk3,689
- Nags Head3,168
- Southern Shores3,090
- Manteo county seat1,600
History of Dare County
Dare County is named after Virginia Dare, the first child born in the Americas to English parents, who was born within the county's current borders. Founded in 1870 from parts of Tyrrell, Currituck and Hyde counties, it consists of a large segment of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, along with Roanoke Island and a peninsula of land attached to the mainland. Most of the county consists of a string of resort communities along the Outer Banks. While lightly populated by year-round residents, the population swells during the summer with vacationers. At one time, the now-abandoned town of Buffalo City was the largest community in the county.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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