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Ocracoke Township is a
township
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in Hyde County, North Carolina
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, United States
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Geography and population
Ocracoke Township is one of six townships within Hyde County. It is in total area. The township is located in southeastern Hyde County. In2020
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, the population of Ocracoke Township was 797.
In 2022, the estimated population of the township was 715.
Communities within Ocracoke Township include Ocracoke and the entirety of Ocracoke Island.
The township is bordered to the northwest by Lake Landing Township, to the northeast by Dare County
Dare County is the easternmost County (United States), county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 36,915. Its county seat is Manteo, North Carolina, Manteo.
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, to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean
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, and to the southwest by Carteret County
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