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False Cape State Park is a 4,321-acre (17.49 km 2) state park located on the Currituck Banks Peninsula, a one-mile-wide (1.6 km) barrier spit between the Back Bay of the Currituck Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, within the city of Virginia Beach, adjacent to the state border with North Carolina, and just north of Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge.
Floyd Kellam High School is fully accredited under Virginia's Standards of Learning program. [1] The school is the third-oldest in Virginia Beach, next to Princess Anne High School and Frank W. Cox High School. [citation needed] Kellam has also been a blue ribbon school in the Fine Arts Department for the years 2006 and 2007.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,478, [1] making it the fifth-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Gatesville. [2] Gates County is included in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area. [3] It is part of the Albemarle Sound area of the Inner Banks.
The neighboring settlement of Sandbridge in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is not accessible by vehicle from Carova. In the 1960s, when development began in Carova, there were plans to construct a paved road from Sandbridge south to Carova through the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, but these never materialized. Today, there is a permanent fence ...
A notable feature of Ocean Lakes high school is the Math and Science Academy, started in 1996 as the first of several magnet programs in Virginia Beach. Students throughout Virginia Beach who are interested in a math and science education can apply for admission to the academy. Admission is based on an essay, testing, and teacher recommendations.
South Hampton Roads is a region located in the extreme southeastern portion of Virginia's Tidewater region in the United States with a total population of 1,177,742 [a] as of 2020. It is part of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area), which itself has a population of 1,780,059 as of 2020. South ...
The development, Cedar Crossing, was originally approved unanimously by the Brunswick County Planning Board in December 2022. At that time, the project looked to bring 79 homes to just over 27 ...
Oak Hill Academy is a co-educational, private, Christian secondary school in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, United States. Oak Hill enrolls approximately 120 students in grades 8–12, and is 100% boarding. It is accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools and is authorized to enroll international students. [3]