Editing Ocracoke, North Carolina (section)

==Transportation and public services==
A single paved two-lane road, [[North Carolina Highway 12|NC 12]], runs from the village at the southwestern end of the island to the ferry dock at the northeastern tip of the island, where a one-hour-long free ferry connects to [[Hatteras Island]]. The second ferry dock, located in the village, has toll connections to [[Swan Quarter, North Carolina|Swan Quarter]], on the mainland and [[Cedar Island, North Carolina|Cedar Island]], near [[Atlantic, North Carolina|Atlantic]]. A passenger ferry operates across [[Ocracoke Inlet]] to the deserted village of [[Portsmouth, North Carolina|Portsmouth]], at the northern end of the [[Core Banks]].

[[Ocracoke Island Airport]] (FAA Identifier W95) is located slightly southeast of the village, allowing small aircraft to land.

Being so far out in the Atlantic Ocean, Ocracoke Island is frequently in the path of [[tropical cyclone]]s, notably [[Hurricane Dorian]] in 2019, which destroyed approximately {{convert|1,000|ft}} of pavement along [[North Carolina Highway 12|NC 12]]. This is possibly a consideration against building a bridge to this island.

The lengthy travel time between Ocracoke and other portions of Hyde County meant that, according to David S. Cecelski, author of ''Along Freedom Road: Hyde County, North Carolina, and the Fate of Black Schools in the South'', that "Ocracokers have had little interaction with the rest of Hyde County".<ref name=Cecelskip30>{{cite book|last=Cecelski|first=David S.|title=Along Freedom Road: Hyde County, North Carolina, and the Fate of Black Schools in the South|publisher=[[University of North Carolina Press]]|date=2000-11-09|isbn=<!--Old: 0807860735-->9780807860731|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=MTnqCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA179 179]|quote=Ocracoke Island,[...]has long been within Hyde County's territorial limits; but because their island is separated from the mainland by half a day's travel, Ocracokers have had little interaction with the rest of Hyde County[...]}} - [https://books.google.com/books?id=MTnqCQAAQBAJ Alternate view]</ref>

Hyde County maintains the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department located on Highway 12.<ref name="ocracokevfd">{{cite web |title=History of the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department |url=http://www.ocracokevfd.org/history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810191627/http://www.ocracokevfd.org/history.html |archive-date=2014-08-10 |access-date=2013-06-01 |publisher=ocracokevfd.org}}</ref>