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Ocracoke (/ ˈ oʊ k r ə k oʊ k / OH-krə-kohk) [4] [5] is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated town located at the southern end of Ocracoke Island, within Hyde County, North Carolina. The population was 948 at the 2010 census. [6] In the 2020 census, the population had dropped to 797. [7]
Ocracoke may refer to: Ocracoke, North Carolina; Ocracoke Island Light, a lighthouse on Ocracoke island; Ocracoke Inlet, the inlet at the southern end of Ocracoke Island
Ocracoke Historic District is a national historic district located at Ocracoke, Hyde County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 228 contributing buildings, 15 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures on Ocracoke Island in Ocracoke village.
[citation needed] The lighthouse was built to help guide ships through Ocracoke Inlet into Pamlico Sound. In 1864, Confederate troops dismantled the fourth-order Fresnel Lens, but Union forces later restored it. Ocracoke Light is the oldest operating light station in North Carolina and the second oldest lighthouse still standing in the state ...
View from Portsmouth U.S. Life-Saving Station overlooking Coast Guard Creek and Ocracoke Inlet. Shores of Ocracoke Island can be seen in the background.. Ocracoke Inlet (/ ˈ oʊ k r ʌ k oʊ k /) [1] is an estuary located in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States that separates Ocracoke Island and Portsmouth Island.
The Ocracoke raid was considered a success as it greatly alarmed the people of North Carolina, who could offer little resistance, and were harassed by incessant militia-calls. [4] Governor William Hawkins later requested, but failed to receive, federal assistance in building and manning forts to protect the state from another invasion. [3]
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hyde County, North Carolina.Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Ocracoke Island Airport (FAA LID: W95) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Ocracoke, a town on Ocracoke Island in Hyde County, North Carolina, United States. [1]