Long Beach, North Carolina

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.

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