FIRST ENGLISH COLONIES

First English Colonies is a North Carolina historical marker in Dare County, dedicated 1935.

Dare County · dedicated 1935 · US 64 at Fort Raleigh Rd., north of Manteo

Explored in 1584. Site of first English settlements in new world, 1585-1587. Birthplace of Virginia Dare, first child born of English parents in America.

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This marker is part of the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, run by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources jointly with the N.C. Department of Transportation. Marker texts and locations are the program's own, as the Department publishes them.

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