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, coastal, neighborhood, island, incorporated, 1955, well, known, total, devastation, sustained, during, hurricane, hazel, 1954, only, five, buildings, survived, storm, merged, with, neighboring, yaupon, beach, 1999, form, town, isl. 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 CarolinaSeaside townCountryUnited StatesStateNorth CarolinaCountyBrunswickTime zoneEasternThe 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 33 54 38 N 78 07 04 W 33 91056 N 78 11778 W 33 91056 78 11778 This article about a location in Brunswick County North Carolina is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Long Beach North Carolina amp oldid 1050070643, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
