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Manteo is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,052 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Dare County. History
The town is named for a Native American named Manteo, who was of the Croatan tribe of "American Indians". Manteo had been "civilized" by the English during a trip to London in 1584 where he and another native, Wanchese, learned to become the liaison between the Roanoke Colony settlers and the Indians, and had favorable interaction with British colonist John White. Eventually, John White's daughter Eleanor married Ananias Dare, and they had the first American born English child, Virginia Dare. In 1587, Manteo was friendly to White when he returned to find what the final stage of the Roanoke Colony became. When the colonists disappeared after supplies from England were delayed for three years, the ongoing mystery of "The Lost Colony" began. Manteo's most famous resident is the actor Andy Griffith who lives with his wife Cindy on a secluded compound on the northeastern shore of Roanoke Island about one mile north of the actual city limits. Dare County is named for Virginia Dare. In 2005, Manteo restored its coastal warning display tower, and it is now operated by the Manteo branch of the North Carolina Maritime Museum. Research Tips
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