Ocracoke ( )
, from the North Carolina Collection website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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. Retrieved 2013-01-29. is a
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) and unincorporated town located at the southern end of Ocracoke Island, within
Hyde County, North Carolina. The population was 948 at the
2010 census.
In the
2020 census, the population had dropped to 797.
No bridges connect Ocracoke Island to the mainland, though the main road across the island is part of
North Carolina Highway 12, which uses a series of ferries to connect to
Hatteras Island, to
Cedar Island, and to the mainland at
Swan Quarter. The economy of the island is driven by tourism and commercial fishing. A unique dialect of English, known colloquially as the
Hoi Toider accent, is spoken in Ocracoke, though among younger residents it is being replaced by more standard dialects of
General American
General American English, known in linguistics simply as General American (abbreviated GA or GenAm), is the umbrella accent of American English used by a majority of Americans, encompassing a continuum rather than a single unified accent. ...
. Ocracoke Island was the location of the pirate
Blackbeard
Edward Teach (or Thatch; – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he ma ...
's death in November 1718.
Though it saw no direct military action, Ocracoke was the site of a
Confederate fort during the
U.S. Civil War. During
World War II
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, German submarines torpedoed several British ships off the coast of the island; the remains of four sailors washed ashore and occupy a small cemetery on the island.
There is a yearly ceremony to honor the British dead presented by the British government, the National Park Service, and the United States Coast Guard.
Being so far out in the Atlantic Ocean, Ocracoke Island is frequently in the path of
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
s, notably
Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone, which became the most intense on record to strike The Bahamas. It is tied with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane for the strongest landfall in the Atlantic basin in term ...
in 2019, which destroyed approximately of pavement along
NC 12.
History
The name Ocracoke evolved from the Algonquian word ''Wokokon'' or ''Wococcon'' which appeared on early maps of the island in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This name referred to the island and to the nearby areas inhabited by Native Americans. Over time, European explorers and settlers altered the pronunciation and spelling of the name. By the 18th century, it had transformed into “Ocracoke.” The name may have resulted from the way English-speaking settlers understood or mispronounced the Native American term. A popular folklore explanation suggests that the name might have originated from an exclamation attributed to the pirate Blackbeard: “Oh, Crow Cock!”—allegedly a reference to a rooster crowing on the island. However, this is likely just a legend rather than a factual etymology.
In the 16th century, Hatteras and Ocracoke islands were inhabited by
Algonquian-speaking Native Americans called the
Hatteras or
Croatan
The Croatan were a small Native Americans in the United States, Native American ethnic group living in the coastal areas of what is now North Carolina. They might have been a branch of the larger Roanoke (tribe), Roanoke people or allied with t ...
peoples. Okracoke was called Wococcon by the 16th century explorers, possibly a reference to a Native American settlement at the site.
The Hatteras people disappeared by the mid 18th century. Some were victims of epidemics of Old World diseases. Others intermarried with white settlers.
"Yaupon tea" or "black drink" was made from the dried leaves of the indigenous
yaupon, a native holly, and was used ceremonially by the Indians in the area.
The Italian explorer
Giovanni da Verrazzano described the area in detail in 1524. He was unable to navigate the shallow inlets leading into
Pamlico Sound
Pamlico Sound ( ) is a large estuarine lagoon in North Carolina. The largest lagoon along the North American East Coast, it extends long and wide. It is part of a large, interconnected network of similar lagoons that includes Albemarle Sou ...
.
In 1585, Sir
Walter Raleigh
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's ship the ''Tiger'' ran aground on a sand bar in
Ocracoke Inlet and was forced to land on the island for repairs. English colonists attempted a settlement at
Roanoke Island in the late 16th century, but it failed. This effectively halted European settlement in the area until 1663, when the
Carolina Colony was chartered by King
Charles II. However, remote Ocracoke Island was not permanently settled until 1750, being a pirate haven at times before then. It was a favorite anchorage of Edward Teach, better known as the pirate
Blackbeard
Edward Teach (or Thatch; – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he ma ...
. He was killed on the island in a fierce battle with troops from Virginia on November 22, 1718.
[D. Moore. (1997) "A General History of Blackbeard the Pirate, the Queen Anne's Revenge and the Adventure". In ''Tributaries'', Volume VII, 1997. pp. 31–35. (North Carolina Maritime History Council)] The grounds of what is now the Springer's Point Nature Preserve were said to be his hideout.
The state assembly established Pilot Town in 1715. Throughout the mid-to-late 18th century, the island was home to a number of especially skilled
schooner
A schooner ( ) is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel defined by its Rig (sailing), rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more Mast (sailing), masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than t ...
pilots who could get smaller ships through the inlet to Pamlico Sound. As population increased on the mainland, demand increased for shipment of goods from ocean-going vessels. Warehouses were built to hold goods off-loaded from larger ships offshore and then loaded onto smaller schooners to be delivered to plantations and towns along the mainland rivers.
By the late 19th century, the shipping business was gone, and the
United States Life-Saving Service became a major source of steady income for local men.
Fishing became more important to the livelihood of the area, including charters for tourists.
The
Ocracoke Historic District,
Ocracoke Light Station, and
Salter-Battle Hunting and Fishing Lodge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Major hurricanes struck the island in August and September 1933, September 1944, and August 1949. The first-person accounts of these storms were recorded on the walls of the "Hurricane House".
Ocracoke continues to suffer frequent storm damage, including the recent
Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone, which became the most intense on record to strike The Bahamas. It is tied with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane for the strongest landfall in the Atlantic basin in term ...
in 2019, which destroyed approximately of pavement along
NC 12. Afterwards, Ocracoke Island was closed to visitors for contractors to repair the road and dune line. Normal access was restored as of December 5, 2019.
Fort Ocracoke
Fort Ocracoke, a
Confederate fortification constructed at the beginning of the
American Civil War
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, was situated on Beacon Island in Ocracoke Inlet, two miles to the west-southwest of Ocracoke village. The octagon-shaped fort was built on a previous
War of 1812
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site. At one point nearly 500 Confederate troops were stationed in and around Ocracoke and the fort. The Confederates abandoned and partially destroyed the fort in August 1861 after
Union victories on nearby
Hatteras Island. Union forces razed it a month later on September 17, 1861. Beacon Island and the fort subsided beneath the waves of the inlet after the 1933 hurricanes that struck the area. The remnants of Fort Ocracoke were relocated and identified in 1998 by the Surface Interval Diving Company.
Energy modernization project
In May 2021, Ocracoke was one of 11 communities (along with nearby
Nags Head, North Carolina) chosen by the
United States Department of Energy
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to participate in the
Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project, a program to provide federal aid for remote communities to modernize their electric infrastructure and resiliency through natural disasters and outages. Ocracoke's grant is used to analyze the possibility of electrifying its ferry fleet.
An electrified ferry fleet would increase hurricane evacuation access while decreasing reliance on fossil fuels.
Geography
The island of Ocracoke is a part of the
Outer Banks
The Outer Banks (frequently abbreviated OBX) are a string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States. They line most of the North Carolina coastline, separatin ...
of
North Carolina
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. At various times throughout recorded history the barrier island now known as Ocracoke has been part of
Hatteras Island. The "Old Hatteras Inlet" opened prior to 1657 south of the current inlet separating Ocracoke from Hatteras, but closed around 1764 causing the islands to be reconnected. Ocracoke remained connected to Hatteras until Wells Creek Inlet opened in the 1840s and later closed. The modern "Hatteras Inlet" that separates the two islands was formed on September 7, 1846 by a violent gale. This massive storm, known in Cuba as
1846 Havana hurricane and along the East Coast of the United States as the
Great Gale of 1846, was the same storm that opened
Oregon Inlet.
It is one of the most remote islands in the Outer Banks, as it can only be reached by one of three public
ferries
A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus.
...
(two of which are toll ferries), private boat, or private plane. Other than the village of Ocracoke and a few other areas (a ferry terminal, a pony pen, a small runway), the entire island is part of the
Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
The village of Ocracoke is located around a small sheltered
harbor
A harbor (American English), or harbour (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be moored. The term ''harbor'' is often used interchangeably with ''port'', which is ...
called Silver Lake, with a second smaller residential area built around a series of man-made canals called Oyster Creek. The village is located at the widest point of the island, protected from the
Atlantic Ocean
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by
sand dunes and a
salt marsh
A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. I ...
. The average height of the island is less than above sea level, and many of the buildings on the island are built on pilings to lift them off the ground. Flooding is a risk during both
hurricane
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s and large storms.
Ocracoke Light is situated near Silver Lake and has remained in continuous operation since 1823.
The island is home to a British cemetery. During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, German submarines sank several British ships, including , and the bodies of British sailors were washed ashore.
They were buried in a cemetery on the island. A lease for the plot, where a British flag flies at all times, was given to the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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for as long as the land remained a cemetery, and the small site officially became a British cemetery. The United States Coast Guard station on Ocracoke Island takes care of the property. A memorial ceremony is held each year in May.
Ocracoke village is located at (35.112687, -75.975895).
The
United States Census Bureau
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counts the entire island as a
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP), with a total area of , of which , or 89.58%, of the area is land, and , or 10.58%, is water.
Climate
Ocracoke has a
humid subtropical climate
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(
Cfa) with hot, humid summers and cool, windy winters. Precipitation is plentiful year round and peaks during the months of August and September. The record high and low are and and occurred, respectively, on the dates August 18 and 22, 1975 and February 20, 2015. The highest minimum temperature recorded was and occurred on July 2, 1973. The lowest maximum temperature recorded was and occurred on February 20, 2015. The highest daily snowfall recorded was and happened on January 24, 2003. The highest daily snow depth also occurred on January 24, 2003 and was nine inches, with the snow sticking on the ground for five days in total. The first and last average dates for a freeze are December 21 and March 3, giving Ocracoke an average growing season of 293 days. The average first and last dates for a hot temperature are May 9 and October 16. The water temperature averages in August to in February, and usually is never above or below , though due to the island's proximity to
Cape Hatteras
Cape Hatteras is a cape located at a pronounced bend in Hatteras Island, one of the barrier islands of North Carolina.
As a temperate barrier island, the landscape has been shaped by wind, waves, and storms. There are long stretches of beach ...
, where the warm
Gulf Stream
The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern coastline of the United States, then veers east near 36°N latitude (North Carolin ...
and the cold
Labrador Current meet, water temperatures commonly fluctuate year round. The ocean is usually comfortable for swimming from late May into early October.
Transportation and public services
A single paved two-lane road,
NC 12, runs from the village at the southwestern end of the island to the ferry dock at the northeastern tip of the island, where a one-hour-long free ferry connects to
Hatteras Island. The second ferry dock, located in the village, has toll connections to
Swan Quarter, on the mainland and
Cedar Island, near
Atlantic
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. A passenger ferry operates across
Ocracoke Inlet to the deserted village of
Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...
, at the northern end of the
Core Banks.
Ocracoke Island Airport (FAA Identifier W95) is located slightly southeast of the village, allowing small aircraft to land.
Being so far out in the Atlantic Ocean, Ocracoke Island is frequently in the path of
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
s, notably
Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone, which became the most intense on record to strike The Bahamas. It is tied with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane for the strongest landfall in the Atlantic basin in term ...
in 2019, which destroyed approximately of pavement along
NC 12. This is possibly a consideration against building a bridge to this island.
The lengthy travel time between Ocracoke and other portions of Hyde County meant that, according to David S. Cecelski, author of ''Along Freedom Road: Hyde County, North Carolina, and the Fate of Black Schools in the South'', that "Ocracokers have had little interaction with the rest of Hyde County".
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Hyde County maintains the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department located on Highway 12.
Economy
Tourism
The economy of Ocracoke Island is based almost entirely on tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...
. During the winter, the population shrinks and only a few businesses remain open. During the spring, summer, and early fall, an influx of tourists occupies hotels, campgrounds and weekly rental houses—and day visitors arrive by ferry from Hatteras Island. Several bars, a brewery, dozens of restaurants, and many shops, stores and other tourist-based businesses open for the tourist season. Visitors can find many shops that feature local, handmade goods, as well as imported artisanal goods and rare antiques, unusual for such a small island. Thanks to the island's distance from major population and light pollution sources, in the summer months, the beaches on Ocracoke provide excellent views of the Milky Way galaxy.
Fishing
Commercial fishing
Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for Commerce, commercial Profit (economics), profit, mostly from wild fisheries. It provides a large quantity of food to many countries around the world, but those who practice ...
contributes to the local economy with chartered sport fishing drawing tourism. With easy access to Pamlico Sound
Pamlico Sound ( ) is a large estuarine lagoon in North Carolina. The largest lagoon along the North American East Coast, it extends long and wide. It is part of a large, interconnected network of similar lagoons that includes Albemarle Sou ...
, the Atlantic coast and the Gulf Stream
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, Ocracoke offers various fishing opportunities, from small Sound fish to tuna
A tuna (: tunas or tuna) is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae ( mackerel) family. The Thunnini comprise 15 species across five genera, the sizes of which vary greatly, ranging from the bul ...
and drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a ...
.
Winter economy
During the winter, the island's only main employers are construction
Construction are processes involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life. It typically starts with planning, financing, and design that continues until the a ...
, the NC Department of Transportation, and the businesses that support the small population. Many islanders use the winter as time off, since they tend to work between 60 and 80 hours a week during the tourist season.
Local dialect
Ocracoke Island and other parts of the Outer Banks
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historically have a distinct dialect of English, often referred to as a brogue. The dialect is known as the High Tider
High Tider, Hoi Toider, or Hoi Toide English is a family or continuum of American English dialects spoken in very limited communities of the South Atlantic United States, particularly several small islands and coastal townships. The exact areas ...
dialect, after the characteristic phrase "high tide" (often pronounced "hoi toide"). Due to the influx of tourists and greater contact with the mainland in recent years, however, the brogue has been increasingly influenced by outside dialects.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 797 people, 317 households, and 225 families residing in the CDP.
2010 census
As of 2010, there were 948 people living in the CDP. The population density
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as of 2000 was 80.4 people per square mile (31.1/km). In 2000, there were 784 housing units at an average density of in 2000. As of 2010, the racial makeup of the CDP was 96.2% White
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, 1.6% African American
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, 0.6% from two or more races, 0.4% from Native American, and 0.2% Asian. Hispanic
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or Latino of any race were 19.1% of the population.
There were 370 households, out of which 17.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.8% were married couples
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living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.8% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were composed of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.55.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 13.0% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 34.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,315, and the median income for a family was $38,750. Males had a median income of $26,667 versus $25,625 for females. The per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the CDP was $18,032. About 7.7% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line
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, including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.
Education
The residents of Ocracoke Island are served by the Ocracoke School (K-12
K-1 is a professional kickboxing promotion established in 1993 by karateka Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Originally under the ownership of the Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG), K-1 was considered to be the largest Kickboxing organization in the world. ...
), part of the Hyde County Schools, with a student population of 186 as of 2019. BHM Regional Library operates a library branch within the Ocracoke School and Community Library.
Culture
In Ocracoke, figs
The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, together with western and southern Asia. It has been cultivated since ancient times and i ...
and fig cake are a prominent part of the town's cuisine, and the town has an annual fig festival that includes a fig cake contest.
Ocracoke is home to one radio station, WOVV. The studios of WOVV, branded as "Ocracoke Community Radio", are located on Back Road in Ocracoke.
The '' Ocracoke Observer'' newspaper provides coverage of local and regional events. The ''Observer'' website is updated daily and a monthly print edition is produced March through December.
In popular culture
* Ocracoke is the setting for the bestselling ''A Holiday for Edith and the Bears'' in the Lonely Doll series by Dare Wright
* Ocracoke appears in the novel ''A Breath of Snow and Ashes'' by Diana Gabaldon
** Ocracoke is the setting for a stone circle portal in ''Outlander'' (TV series) based on the books by Diana Gabaldon
* Most of the setting in the novel ''The Wish'' by Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer. He has published twenty-three novels, all ''New York Times'' bestsellers, and two works of nonfiction, with over 115 million copies sold ...
takes place in Ocracoke
References
External links
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Clips from ''The Ocracoke Brogue'' documentary
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Outer Banks
Populated coastal places in North Carolina
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