Country United States County Dare County Elevation 90 cm Local time Wednesday 9:40 PM | State North Carolina Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) Zip code 27978 Area code 252 | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 93% Humidity | ||
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Stumpy Point is an unincorporated community in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located at the intersection of US 264 and Bayview Drive; along the north side of Stumpy Point Bay. It is surrounded by the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.
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Map of Stumpy Point, NC 27978, USA
A post office called Stumpy Point has been in operation since 1876. The community takes its name from Stumpy Point Bay.
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.
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Stumpy Point, North Carolina Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA