Kill Devil Hills - Outer Banks - NC

Kill Devils Hills is a town located in North Carolina, just north of Nags Head and Cape Hatteras near the Outer Banks. Kill Devil Hills North Carolina is a small town, with a population of about 6,000 people, but it is one of the oldest settlements on the Outer Banks and the site of some of North Carolina's most interesting history. Kill Devil Hills is also a popular vacation destination, and home to many beach rentals Kill Devil Hills and Kill Devil Hills rentals of all kinds.

The town of Kill Devil Hills is famous in part as the site of the Wright Brothers National Memorial, located here because it is the place where Orville Wright first took a flight in a machine powered airplane that was heavier than air. The historic flight, which happened on Thursday, December 17 1903, has remained one of the major historic events of the town and of the Outer Banks area. The memorial can be viewed by the public free of charge, and is located outdoors.

The name for Kill Devil Hills is fabled to have come by way of pirates who once called these shores home. Legend has it that pirates spent many nights creating moonshine in the area filled with sand dune hills that was, as they said, "strong enough to kill the devil". The name stuck, and the area is in fact also remembered for the strong rum that was once shipped from Kill Devil Hills North Carolina by pirates and during the height of the slave trade.

Despite this sordid history, Kill Devil Hills remains one of North Carolina's most popular beach vacation spots