Local city information for Kitty Hawk, NC

Kitty Hawk is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,991 at the 2000 census. It was established in the early 1700s as Chickahawk.

Kitty Hawk became famous after the Wright brothers made the first controlled powered airplane flights December 17, 1903 four miles (six kilometers) to the south near the sand dunes known as the Kill Devil Hills.

The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber AV-19, the aircraft transport ship USS Kitty Hawk (AKV-1), and the Apollo 14 command module have been named for the town.

Kitty Hawk is located at 36.1°N 75.7°W.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 21.3 km² (8.23 mi²). 21.2 km² (8.18 mi²) of it is land and 0.123 km² (0.0476 mi²) of it (0.579%) is water.

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