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.
Long Beach, North Carolina | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Brunswick |
| Time zone | Eastern |
The community derives its name from one of the longest stretches of beach in the area.[2]
References edit
- ^ Gifford, Jim (2004). Hurricane Hazel: Canada's Storm of the Century. Toronto: Dundurn Press. p. 22. ISBN 1-55002-526-0.
- ^ "Long Beach". Star-News. May 24, 1998. p. 36. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
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