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Dare County

county in North Carolina, United States
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Summary

Dare County is a county of North Carolina[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of county of north carolina entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,066 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Carolina[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Manteo[5]
  • Shares border with: Currituck County[6], Tyrrell County[7], Hyde County[8]
  • Named after: Virginia Dare[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Manteo[10], Duck[11], Kill Devil Hills[12], Kitty Hawk[13], Nags Head[14], Southern Shores[15]
  • Commons category: Dare County, North Carolina[16]
  • Inception: 1870[17]
  • Highest point: Kill Devil Hill[18]
  • Coordinate location: 35.69, -75.73[19]
  • Official website: http://www.darenc.com[20], https://www.darenc.gov/[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dare County, North Carolina[22]
  • Population: 33,920[23], 33,990[24], 34,239[25], 34,517[26], 35,019[27], 35,663[28], 36,915[29]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Dare County, North Carolina[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Dare County, North Carolina[31]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Dare County, North Carolina[32]
  • Number of households: 15,830[33]
  • Native label: Dare County[34]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109605[35]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Dare County, North Carolina[36]
  • Area: 4044[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 75[38]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[39]
  • Number of viewers/listeners: 1,036,977[40]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Dare County, North Carolina[41]

Why It Matters

Dare County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Related Entities

Govdirectory North Carolina United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → dare-county, dare-county-n-c
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Dare County, North
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Dare County, North Carolina.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presid"
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00006359
    Umls cui → C3830604
    Taxonomicon id → 1806854
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  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    List of monuments → National Register of Historic Places listings in Dare County, North Carolina
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Dare County, North Carolina
    Shares border with → Currituck County, Tyrrell County, Hyde County
    Located in → —
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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