Census Data for Waves Landing
As far as we can tell, Waves Landing<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Waves Landing, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Manteo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manteo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Manteo is located in Dare County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manteo <3>
- Nags Head
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Dare County ...
Waves Landing is located in Dare County<4>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Dare County.
Miscellaneous Information for Waves Landing ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Dare County or the community of Waves Landing:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Waves Landing:
- GNIS ID for Waves Landing: 1023136
- GNIS ID for Dare County: 1026133
- GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Waves Landing is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Waves Landing.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Waves Landing may originally have been Wave's Landing. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Waves Landing might be written as Wave Landing. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Waves Landing. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Dare, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |