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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]
Located in the district is the Ocracoke Light Station. Other notable contributing resources include the Simon and Louisa Howard House (c. 1840), the Kugler Cottage (c. 1850), Tolson-Rondthaler House (c. 1860), Simon and Sarah Garrish House (1888), Spencer Bungalow (1937), Benjamin Fulcher House, William Charles Thomas House (1899), Styron Store ...
Ocracoke Inlet, the inlet at the southern end of Ocracoke Island Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ocracoke .
[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 ...
The Ocracoke Observer is a print and online newspaper produced in Ocracoke, NC. The paper is created on Ocracoke and printed in Greenville, NC . Ten print issues are produced every year (March through December) and news is posted on a daily basis on the Ocracoke Observer website. [ 2 ]
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.