Record #:

31645

Author(s):

Carter, Spencer

Abstract:

Buxton, the largest town on the island with about seven-hundred residents, hosts thousands of visitors each year to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. There is also the United States Weather Station, a Naval facility, and a Coast Guard station at Buxton. With an increasing number of visitors, tourism has replaced commercial fishing as the major private industry.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 7 Issue 8, Aug 1975, p6-8, il, por

Subject(s):

Hatteras Island--History; Outer Banks--Economic conditions; Tourism--North Carolina, Coastal