en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Hawk,_North_Carolina
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The population was 3,708 at the 2020 United States census.
Kitty Hawk's 2020 census population was 3,689, not 3,708.
Full reasoning
Official Town of Kitty Hawk materials that cite the 2020 United States Census give the town's population as 3,689. The town's statistical page states, "According to the 2020 United States Census the population was 3,689," and the town's adopted budget documents repeat the same census total. That directly contradicts the article's claim that the 2020 census population was 3,708.
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- Statistical & Demographic Date | Town of Kitty Hawk
According to the 2020 United States Census the population was 3,689.
- Town of Kitty Hawk FY 2023/2024 Adopted Operating Budget
According to the 2020 United States Census the Town’s total population was 3,689.
connected the mainland to the Outer Banks across Albemarle Sound
The 1930 bridge crossed Currituck Sound, not Albemarle Sound.
Full reasoning
This statement misidentifies the body of water crossed by the 1930 bridge. Contemporary historical coverage of the bridge describes the Wright Memorial Bridge as a "Three-mile Span Across Currituck Sound" and says it was the bridge "crossing Currituck sound and connecting Dare county with mainland." NCDOT's coastal bridge history likewise says the 1930 Wright Memorial Bridge carried N.C. 158 over Currituck Sound. So the article is incorrect to say the bridge connected the mainland to the Outer Banks across Albemarle Sound.
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- Wright Memorial Bridge Forms Link Between Dare County and Mainland of Eastern Carolina
Three-mile Span Across Currituck Sound ... the Wright memorial bridge crossing Curituck sound and connecting Dare county with mainland.
- NCDOT: Bridging N.C.'s Coast
This was followed in 1930 by the Wright Memorial Bridge (replaced in 1966) that carried N.C. 158 over Currituck Sound and truly opened the islands to development.