Ocracoke

… community on Ocracoke Island, SE Hyde County. Settled in the seventeenth century. The name Ocracoke seems originally to have been Wococon, which appeared first on the White map, 1585. The Indian word apparently was waxkahikani, meaning "enclosed place," "fort," or "stockade," and it is believed that a fortified Indian village existed at the site. By 1676 the name Okok was used, and by 1709 it had developed into Occacock. See also Wococon Island.