Stumpy Point, North Carolina
Stumpy Point, North Carolina | |
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.jpg) Stumpy Point on U.S. Route 264, June 2014 | |
  Stumpy Point Location within the state of North Carolina | |
| Coordinates: 35°41′54″N 75°44′27″W / 35.69833°N 75.74083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Dare County |
| Elevation | 3.000 ft (0.9144 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 27978 |
| Area code | 252 |
Stumpy Point is an unincorporated community along the north side of Stumpy Point Bay in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.[1]
Description
The community is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 264 and Bayview Drive. It is surrounded by the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.
A post office called Stumpy Point that had been in operation since 1876 closed in 2018 due to lack of PO box holders [2] The community takes its name from Stumpy Point Bay.[3]
The North Carolina Ferry System maintains an emergency ferry terminal at Stumpy Point, used when a hurricane or tropical storm closes North Carolina Highway 12 on the Outer Banks.
The town is mentioned in the sci-fi novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, in which the little town is razed sometime in the future to build a spaceport in Pamlico Sound, and the spaceport is unofficially named after Stumpy Point.
Education
Residents are zoned to Dare County Schools. Zoned schools include Manteo Elementary School, Manteo Middle School, and Manteo High School.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Stumpy Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 127.
- ↑ "Attendance Zone Information". Dare County Schools. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
External links
Media related to Stumpy Point, North Carolina at Wikimedia Commons
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