Kill Devil Hills
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town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Dare
- Named after
- Unwholesome rum
- Total
- 5.66 sq mi (14.67 km )
- Land
- 5.61 sq mi (14.53 km )
- Water
- 0.054 sq mi (0.14 km )
- Elevation
- 6.6 ft (2 m)
- Density
- 1,365.1/sq mi (527.08/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 37-35720
- Website
- www.kdhnc.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kill Devil Hills
- Population
- 7656
- Area
- 14.694908
- Elevation
- 2
- Official website
- www.kdhnc.com
- Image
- Wright Brothers National Memorial landscape.jpg
- Households
- 3287
- Dialing code
- 252
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- postal code
- 27948
- Commons category
- Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 0.9839
- per capita income
- 33657
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Kill Devil Hills is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,633 at the 2020 census. It is the most populous settlement in both Dare County and on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The Kill Devil Hills micropolitan statistical area, consisting of all of Dare County, is part of the larger Virginia Beach–Norfolk combined statistical area.
The town was founded and developed on the site of the Wright brothers' first controlled, powered airplane flights on December 17, 1903, chosen for its good winds. It was commemorated by the Wright Brothers National Memorial, which was dedicated in 1932. At the time of the Wright Flyer flights, the town of Kill Devil Hills did not exist, and it did not receive its municipal charter until 1953. Kitty Hawk, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north, was the nearest settlement at the time and is popularly noted as the site of the first flight.