How did Nags Head NC get its name?
I hope this helps. That is the FABLE. There is no way that you could put a BURNING anything around a horses neck…TRY IT. The real origin is not clear but it is probably named after (as many places were) a town or place or area in England. A more unlikely explanation is that from the water the area looked like the head of a nag, because the way it juts out a little, which it does. The original name, or “official” name first given by the post office was Griffin. The story about a lantern, again something that is on FIRE, put around an animals neck is a FABLE. Jockey’s Ridge did NOT get its name from horse racing. It most likely got its name from the original land owners last name Jackey or Jawkey… land records were hard to read/decipher. Should I go on?
