Hatteras, North Carolina Hatteras, North Carolina Location in Dare County and the state of North Carolina Location in Dare County and the state of North Carolina Hatteras is a census-designated place (CDP) in Dare County, North Carolina, United States, on the Outer Banks island of Hatteras, at its extreme southwestern tip.

As of the 2010 census it had a populace of 504. Immediately to the west of the village of Hatteras is Hatteras Inlet which separates Hatteras Island from the neighboring Ocracoke Island.

North Carolina Highway 12 passes through the improve linking it to Frisco to the east and Ocracoke to the west (via a ferry athwart Hatteras Inlet).

The inhabitants of Hatteras are governed by the Dare County Board of Commissioners.

Pamlico Sound, which separates Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, is one of the biggest estuarine systems in the world and offers an almost limitless range of fishing opportunities. Climate data for Hatteras, North Carolina (1981 2010 normals), Hatteras was titled after the Hatteras Indians. Hatteras Village was cut off from the rest of the island on September 18, 2003, when Hurricane Isabel washed a 3,000 feet (910 m) and 30-foot-deep (9.1 m) channel called Isabel Inlet at the north end of Hatteras village.

The Ellsworth and Lovie Ballance House and Hatteras Weather Bureau Station are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Residents of Hatteras are served by the Cape Hatteras Elementary and Secondary School positioned on NC 12 in Buxton. View of Pamlico Sound, near Hatteras Inlet from a home in Hatteras on a windy day in June 2007 Ferries making trip from Ocracoke to Hatteras, June 2007 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hatteras CDP, North Carolina".

"Fishing: Hatteras and Ocracoke Style, Sunny Day Guide".

Hatteras Village, "N.C., Breach Cut by Hurricane Isabel Is Filled with Sand," in The News & Observer, November 4, 2003.

Municipalities and communities of Dare County, North Carolina, United States

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Census-designated places in Dare County, North Carolina - Beaches of North Carolina - Hatteras Island - Beaches of Dare County, North Carolina