Buxton

Buxton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place on near . It is located in in the U.S. state of .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 1,270 residents
  • Description: unincorporated community of North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Buxton, NC”, “Buxton, North Carolina”, and “The Cape”
  • Postal code: 27920

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.

Photo: Henryhartley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Hatteras Light is a lighthouse located on in the in the town of Buxton, North Carolina originally built in 1802 and relocated twice due to coastal erosion.

Buxton

Latitude
35.26768° or 35° 16′ 4″ north
Longitude
-75.54238° or 75° 32′ 33″ west
Population
1,270
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
87767F95+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158520225
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4458391
Wiki­data ID
Q745614
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Buxton” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Buxton”
  • Chechen: “Бакстон”
  • Chinese: “巴克斯頓 (北卡羅萊納州)”
  • Chinese: “巴克斯頓”
  • French: “Buxton”
  • Gilaki: “باکستن (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
  • Gilaki: “باکستن”
  • Hebrew: “בקסטון”
  • Irish: “Buxton”
  • Italian: “Buxton”
  • Ladin: “Buxton”
  • Persian: “بوکستون، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “بوکستون”
  • Polish: “Buxton”
  • Portuguese: “Buxton”
  • Russian: “Бакстон”
  • Serbian: “Бакстон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Buxton, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Buxton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بوکستون، قوزئی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Buxton”
  • Swedish: “Buxton, North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Buxton”
  • Tatar: “Бакстон”
  • Ukrainian: “Бакстон”
  • Urdu: “بکسٹن، نارتھ کیرولائنا”
  • Volapük: “Buxton”
  • Welsh: “Buxton, Gogledd Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Buxton”

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