Editing Hyde County, North Carolina (section)

==Culture==
Hyde County is a popular destination for fishing and bear and duck hunting. Ocracoke attracts many tourists.<ref name= funk>{{cite news| last = Funk| first = Tim| title = 4 bellwether counties mirror close NC race for president| newspaper = The Charlotte Observer | pages = 1A, 14A–15A| date = November 1, 2020| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115764233/the-charlotte-observer/}}</ref> Most families that reside in Hyde County have generational roots there, and many black and white families share surnames.{{sfn|Wolfram|Reaser|2014|p=158}}  Historically, natives of both mainland Hyde County and Ocracoke Island often spoke a [[Hoi Toider]] dialect of English.{{sfn|Wolfram|Reaser|2014|p=177}} The trend has declined over time, and, particularly since the 1970s, newer generations of local African Americans tend to speak a dialect closer to urban variants of [[African-American Vernacular English]].{{sfn|Wolfram|Reaser|2014|pp=177–178}}