WELCOME TO KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC

Kill Devil Hills received its municipal charter from the North Carolina General Assembly on March 6, 1953.  Since then, we have become a very popular family vacation retreat.        Situated in the near geographic middle of the northern Dare County beaches, Kill Devil Hills is the largest municipality in Dare County with a year-round population of almost 7,000 people.  We are proud to be the site of the first heavier-than-air powered flight.  On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright were successful in making four flights at the base of the big hill that is now a part of the Wright Brothers National Memorial.

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DRAFT Land Use Plan now available for public inspection.  Click DRAFT Land Use Plan to access this important guide document.  This is a large PDF, please be patient as it loads.  Also, return to this website for notification of future public meeting(s) on the Land Use Plan and its potential adoption.

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HERBERT C. BONNER BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AGAIN DELAYED -  Kill Devil Hills Mayor Ray Sturza urges all citizens to make their voices heard in support of expediting bridge replacement, and against further delays of this vital transportation link.  Click here for additional information.

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 KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED!
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 GREAT FOOD, GREAT MEMORIES now on sale!

     After years of development, Great Food and Great Memories is finally complete.  Just as a recipe takes you from raw ingredients to a finished product, so does the cookbook take you through some of the ingredients that went into the soup that became the Town of Kill Devil Hills.  Not only are there scrumptious recipes (Like lemon cake?  You’ll never find one better than Goldie Meekins’ Old-Fashion Lemon Cake!), there are also photos, personal stories and anecdotes, as well as recollections from public documents.  Never heard of Ed St. Clair, or Walter Perry?  They’re both in there. 

 At their March 25, 2009 meeting the Board of Commissioners authorized a price of $25, plus $1.55 tax, for each book, for a total of $26.55.  Arrangements can be made to have Great Food, Great Memories shipped for an additional cost, depending on the ZIP code it’s going to.  Of the purchase price, $20 is set aside for reprinting the volume and $5 will be put into the Wallace H. McCown Scholarship Fund which is administered by the Outer Banks Community Foundation.

Great Food, Great Memories is also available for wholesale purchase for $25 per book, no tax.  If you would like to sell the book through your business, please contact Kill Devil Hills Town Clerk Mary Quidley, 252.449.5302, for additional information. 

Copies are on sale at the Cashier’s Window, Finance Department, 102 Town Hall Drive, off Colington Road.