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Dare County, North Carolina

Wright Brothers National Memorial and the Lost Colony - from Kill Devil Hills's Wright Brothers National Memorial (where Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful powered airplane flights on December 17, 1903 - four flights in one morning that changed human history, the longest covering 852 feet in 59 seconds) to the Lost Colony outdoor drama at Roanoke Island (the 1587 English colony of 117 settlers that disappeared without explanation - the oldest unsolved mystery in American history - is commemorated in the nation's longest-running outdoor drama at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site) and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore's 70 miles of pristine barrier island.

County Seat Manteo
Population 38,000
Founded 1870
County Website darenc.gov/commissioners
Dare County, North Carolina
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Board Of County Commissioners
(252) 475-5700
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Address 954 Marshall Collins Dr, Manteo, NC 27954
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