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Welcome to Dare ...

Dare is located in York County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dare, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Dare is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Dare lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Dare: 757 & 948<3>

Communities Also Named Dare ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dare - it's located in Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dare.

Communities near Dare ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dare.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dare. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dare.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dare. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dare.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dare. See our Newspapers Page for Dare.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dare ...

Looking for more information about Dare? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dare, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dare.

Adding Dare to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dare in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Dare was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Dare post office opened in 1904. The Dare post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dare.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dare - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 757 code has been Overlayed with the 948 area code. New phone numbers in the Dare area will be assigned with one of these codes: 757 or 948. As a result, placing a call in the Dare area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/