Everything about Corolla North Carolina totally explained
Corolla is an
unincorporated community located in Fruitville Township
(External Link
),
Currituck County, North Carolina, along the northern
Outer Banks. It has a permanent population of about 500 people and about 119 wild Spanish Mustangs. The wild horses, which have recently been victims of poaching
(External Link), are located on 12,000 acres (49 km²) north of the populated areas of Corolla. The Corolla Wild Horse Fund is a public charity whose mission is to protect and preserve the herd. Corolla is home to the
Currituck Beach Lighthouse, one of the seven North Carolina coastal lighthouses. While there are year-round residents, Corolla is primarily a summer community. In fact, many of the houses are built with 6-8 bedrooms making this location a favorite for multi-family vacations or reunions.
Pronunciation
Many outsiders erroneously pronounce
Corolla the same as they pronounce the name of the car, the
Toyota Corolla, where the second syllable sounds like
roe. However, residents pronounce the second syllable like
all.
Development history
Development of Currituck's Northern Outer Banks began in 1967 when investors from
Sandbridge, Virginia, put together an investment group to purchase the undeveloped land. The first subdivision plotted was
Carova with 1,993 lots. The lots were originally priced at $11,500; as of 2006, some of these lots are worth up to $500,000.
The investors planned for a road to come through from
Virginia Beach, Virginia, to allow access to the lots, however these plans were abandoned in 1973 when the
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge south of Sandbridge was closed to all vehicular traffic, except by permit. Development pushed south through the 1970s, creating well over 1,000 additional lots in several subdivisions. In 1984 the residents of Corolla succeeded in their attempts to gain a public access road from the south and the state began paving the extension of
NC-12 towards the north.
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