THE MANNS HARBOR LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Swamps and Peatlands setting.
Manns Harbor CDP has 3.99 square miles of land in Dare County. Its Census reference point is in Swamps and Peatlands, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Manns Harbor and Dare County
Manns Harbor is associated with Dare County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Manns Harbor by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Manns Harbor, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 74.7 percentage points lower than the 75.1% recorded for Dare County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Manns Harbor CDP has 2.1 times the land area of nearby Manteo town (1.88 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

