Nags Head
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town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Dare
- Incorporated
- 1923 and 1961
- Named after
- Tied lanterns around the necks of ponies
- Mayor
- Ben Cahoon
- Total
- 6.68 sq mi (17.31 km )
- Land
- 6.62 sq mi (17.14 km )
- Water
- 0.066 sq mi (0.17 km )
- Elevation
- 3.3 ft (1 m)
- Density
- 478.7/sq mi (184.84/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 37-45880
- Website
- nagsheadnc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Nags Head
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Dare County
- Population
- 3168
- Area
- 17.245359
- Elevation
- 1
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Official website
- www.townofnagshead.net
- Image
- Nags Head, NC 27959, USA - panoramio.jpg
- Households
- 1354
- Dialing code
- 252
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- Commons category
- Nags Head, North Carolina
- postal code
- 27959
- water as percent of area
- 1.1491
- per capita income
- 42462
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Encyclopedic overview
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. The population was 3,146 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nags Head” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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