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Salvo is a community located in a section of the North Carolina Outer Banks known as the Cape Hatteras National Shore in Dare County, on Hatteras Island. Originally Salvo, Rodanthe, and Waves were part of the settlement of Chicamacomico. Salvo was originally known as Clarks or Clarksville. which incorporates Salvo, Rodanthe, and Waves. The name "Salvo" allegedly stems from the American Civil War, during which a passing Union vessel spotted the settlement, which was not marked on their maps. The commanding officer ordered an attack, and a sailor marked the site on his map with the word "Salvo." The name was formally given to the town when it received a post office in 1901.
