Nags Head, North Carolina Nags Head, North Carolina Nags Head town Location in Dare County and the state of North Carolina.
Location in Dare County and the state of North Carolina.
State North Carolina Nags Head is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
It is a busy vacation spot because of its beaches and sand dunes of Jockey's Ridge.
Early maps of the region show Nags Head as a promontory of territory characterized by high sand dunes visible from miles at sea.
The origin of the town's name is obscure, but it is likely to have been titled after any one of the Nag's Heads on the English coast. A folkloric explanation claims that mules or horses (nags) would have lights hung on their heads by nefarious wreckers in order to trick ships into running aground and then loot the ships of their valuables. The town's emblem depicts one such equine accomplice from the tale. Around 1830, Nags Head became known as a resort area, and so remains today.
Jockey's Ridge is the last vestige of the sand dunes seen by the first explorers, as the region is now highly developed.
Nags Head is positioned at 35 55 55 N 75 36 54 W (35.932004, -75.615085). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 6.6 square miles (17.2 km2), of which 6.6 square miles (17.0 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 1.15%, is water. In the town, the populace was spread out with 19.2% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $53,095, and the median income for a family was $61,302.
Beach homes along the Atlantic Ocean in Nags Head Located in Nags Head is the biggest sand dune on the East Coast, Jockey's Ridge.
The old Nags Head Hotel is buried, too.
The Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve is 1,092 acres (4.42 km2) and lies North of Jockey's Ridge and east of Roanoke Sound.
There are three piers prominent for fishing: Nags Head Pier, Jennette's Pier (destroyed by Hurricane Isabel in 2003, bought and renovated by the North Carolina Aquariums, reopened in May 2011), and Outer Banks Pier.
Nags Head was the locale of a CIA fake defectors program. Other attractions include various National Register of Historic Places in or near Nags Head, such as the following: Bodie Island Lifesaving and Coast Guard Station Bodie Island Lifesaving Station February 9, 1979 S of Nags Head on NC 12 Nags Head Beach Cottages Historic District August 19, 1977 U.S.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Nags Head town, North Carolina".
"The Beginning of New Hope Church, Nags Head Chapel" (PDF).
"Nags Head Guide".
"Nags Head".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Nags Head.
Webcams: Nags Head - East and Nags Head - West from outerbanks.net Municipalities and communities of Dare County, North Carolina, United States
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