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History. 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.
- Roanoke Island
Roanoke Island ( / ˈroʊənoʊk /) is an island in Dare County,...
- Hatteras, North Carolina
37-30100. Hatteras is an unincorporated village and...
- Roanoke Island
Dare County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2020, there were 36,915 people living there. [1] Its county seat is Manteo, North Carolina. [2] It is named after Virginia Dare. Virginia Dare was the first English child born in the Americas. She was born in the Roanoke Colony, in what is now Dare County.
- United States
- Virginia Dare
- 1870
- North Carolina
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Dare County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,915. Its county seat is Manteo.
by Allyson C. Criner, 2006. Dare County, located in northeastern North Carolina along the Atlantic seaboard, was formed from Currituck, Tyrrell, and Hyde Counties in 1870. It was named in honor of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America. The county contains Roanoke Island, much of North Carolina's Outer Banks, and approximately ...
Dare County played a key role in two early North Carolina settlements. It was the site of the Sir Walter Raleigh colonies, the first attempts by the English to permanently settle in the New World. The last of these colonies, John White’s 1587 colony, disappeared sometime between 1587 and 1590. Eighty years later, the land was part of the ...
