Frisco, North Carolina

Frisco sits just south of Buxton on Hatteras Island, a quieter, more wooded village known historically as Trent Woods before the post office renamed it Frisco in 1898. It backs onto Buxton Woods, one of the largest remaining maritime forests on the Outer Banks, which gives Frisco a shadier, more sheltered feel than the exposed villages further north.

First Contact on Croatan

Hatteras Island was originally called Croatan by the Native people who lived here, and the first recorded meeting between English explorers and Native Americans in the New World took place near present-day Frisco in July 1584 — three years before the Lost Colony's famous disappearance. The Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center, opened in 1987 in a nearly century-old former general store, preserves a nationally recognized collection of Native American artifacts alongside several acres of maritime forest nature trails.

Dunes and Watersports

Frisco is also home to Frisco Woods and a stretch of Pamlico Sound shoreline popular with kiteboarders and windsurfers looking for an alternative to the busier launches in Waves. The village stays largely residential, with a handful of small shops, restaurants, and campgrounds serving as a low-key alternative to Buxton just up the road.