Oak Island, North Carolina | |
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Motto: "A Place to Coast" | |
Coordinates: 33°54′48″N 78°05′29″W / 33.91333°N 78.09139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Brunswick |
Area | |
• Total | 20.63 sq mi (53.43 km2) |
• Land | 19.27 sq mi (49.91 km2) |
• Water | 1.36 sq mi (3.52 km2) |
Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 8,396 |
• Density | 435.66/sq mi (168.21/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 28465 |
Area codes | 910, 472 |
FIPS code | 37-48345 |
GNIS feature ID | 2407020[2] |
Website | www |
Oak Island, North Carolina is a town mostly on Oak Island (which also contains the town of Caswell Beach and the North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell) in Brunswick County, North Carolina; a small part of the town extends onto the mainland north of the island's bridge. 8,396 people lived there at the 2020 census.[3] It was founded in 1999 by the consolidation of the towns of Long Beach and Yaupon Beach. Its main industry is tourism; the town has about 30,000-40,000 people in the summer.