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Dare County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Virginia Dare
- Seat
- Manteo
- Largest municipality
- Kill Devil Hills
- Total
- 1,541.74 sq mi (3,993.1 km )
- Land
- 383.23 sq mi (992.6 km )
- Water
- 1,158.51 sq mi (3,000.5 km ) 75.14%
- Estimate 2025
- 38,245
- Density
- 96.33/sq mi (37.19/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .darenc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Virginia Dare
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Southern Shores
- Capital
- Manteo
- Population
- 36915
- Area
- 4044
- Shares border with
- Hyde County
- Official website
- www.darenc.gov
- Image
- Dare County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 15830
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- Commons category
- Dare County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Dare County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1870-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 75
- native label
- Dare County
- per capita income
- 36532
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Dare County, North Carolina
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1036977
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Dare County is included in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dare County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.