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It is located in Dare County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 1,181. [ 3 ] Located at the widest part of Hatteras Island, it is the largest community on Hatteras Island both in terms of area and population, and is home to the island's schools and other major public buildings and offices.
The Hatteras Histories and Mysteries Museum focuses on the possible fate of the inhabitants of the Roanoke Colony, who disappeared around 1587.Located in Buxton, North Carolina, the privately owned museum was opened in April 2010 by Scott Dawson, a historian and author of the 2009 book Croatoan: Birthplace of America.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. [1]
"The View from the Border: West Virginia Republicans and Women's Rights in the Age of Emancipation," West Virginia History, Spring2009, Vol. 3 Issue 1, pp 57–80, 1861–1870 era; Gerofsky, Milton. "Reconstruction in West Virginia, Part I and II," West Virginia History 6 (July 1945); Part I, 295–360, 7 (October 1945): Part II, 5–39, Link ...
Buxton Place is a historic plantation / farm complex and national historic district located near Inez, Warren County, North Carolina. The main house was built by John A. Waddell, an associate of Jacob W. Holt, starting about 1857. It is a two-story, double pile, Greek Revival / Italianate style frame dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and ...
Shelly Island was a sandy island which began forming around April 2017, as a sandbank in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Located off the tip of Cape Point in Buxton, North Carolina, the island was greatly reduced by the passage of Hurricane Maria in late September 2017. At its greatest extent, the crescent-shaped island measured around one ...
Braxton County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,447. [1] The county seat is Sutton. [2] The county was formed in 1836 [3] from parts of Lewis, Kanawha, and Nicholas counties and named for Carter Braxton, a Virginia statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Geologic Map of West Virginia. West Virginia's geologic history stretches back into the Precambrian, and includes several periods of mountain building and erosion. At times, much of what is now West Virginia was covered by swamps, marshlands, and shallow seas, accounting for the wide variety of sedimentary rocks found in the state, as well as its wealth of coal and natural gas deposits.