Long Beach, North Carolina
Seaside town
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyBrunswick
Time zoneEastern

Long Beach, North Carolina is a coastal neighborhood on Oak Island incorporated in 1955. It is well known for the total devastation it sustained during Hurricane Hazel in 1954; only five of the 357 buildings survived the storm.[1] It merged with neighboring Yaupon Beach in 1999 to form the town of Oak Island and is now a neighborhood of the town.

The community derives its name from one of the longest stretches of beach in the area.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gifford, Jim (2004). Hurricane Hazel: Canada's Storm of the Century. Toronto: Dundurn Press. p. 22. ISBN 1-55002-526-0.
  2. ^ "Long Beach". Star-News. May 24, 1998. p. 36. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

33°54′38″N 78°07′04″W / 33.91056°N 78.11778°W / 33.91056; -78.11778


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