Davis is an
unincorporated area
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Carteret County,
North Carolina
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,
United States
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. At the
2020 census, it had a population of 311, down from 422 at the
2010 census.
Geography
Davis is located in eastern Carteret County, on the northwest shore of
Core Sound, between Jarrett Bay to the west and Oyster Creek to the northeast. To the southeast, across Core Sound, is
Core Banks, a
barrier island
Barrier islands are a Coast#Landforms, coastal landform, a type of dune, dune system and sand island, where an area of sand has been formed by wave and tidal action parallel to the mainland coast. They usually occur in chains, consisting of an ...
that is part of
Cape Lookout National Seashore, with access by ferry from Davis.
U.S. Route 70 passes through the town, leading southwest to
Beaufort and northeast to its eastern terminus at
Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for se ...
.
The Davis CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.59%, is water.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Carteret County, North Carolina
Census-designated places in North Carolina
Populated coastal places in North Carolina
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