page_title: Buxton, North Carolina
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Buxton, North Carolina / Education
caption_attribution_description: Cape Hatteras School (under construction), Buxton (Outer Banks), North Carolina (United States)
context_page_description: Buxton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place on Hatteras Island near Cape Hatteras. It is located in Dare County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,273. Located at the widest part of Hatteras Island, it is the largest community on Hatteras Island both in terms of area and population, and is home to the island's schools and other major public buildings and offices.
  North Carolina Highway 12 links the community to other Outer Banks communities such as Avon, Frisco, and Hatteras. Buxton is most famous for being the location of Cape Hatteras Light; it is also the home of the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club.
  The residents of Buxton are governed by the Dare County Board of Commissioners. Buxton is part of District 4, along with Avon, Frisco, Hatteras, Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo.
  In addition to Cape Hatteras Light, the SS Lancing shipwreck was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
context_section_description: Residents are served by the new Cape Hatteras Elementary School, opened in 2001 (home of the Tropical Storms) and Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies, a combination middle school and high school (Home of the Hurricanes) newly rebuilt in 2007 on the NC 12 site of the original Cape Hatteras Elementary  and Cape Hatteras Secondary Schools, in Buxton. Both schools are part of the Dare County Schools district.
caption: Construction of the new Cape Hatteras Secondary School
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