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Oak Island (North Carolina)
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Oak Island (North Carolina)
Oak Island
is a
barrier island
on the Atlantic coast of southeastern
North Carolina
in
Smithville Township
,
Brunswick County
. The island contains the towns of
Oak Island
and
Caswell Beach
as well as the
North Carolina Baptist Assembly
and a
United States Coast Guard
station, which is home to the
Oak Island Lighthouse
. Although the area has been called Oak Island since colonial times, it only became a true island with the construction of the
Intracoastal Waterway
. It is about 12 miles long and averages about one mile wide; roughly 8000
people
live on the island year-round, which can balloon up to 40,000 during the summer.
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Oak Island, North Carolina
Oak Island
is a
seaside town
located mostly on the
barrier island
of
Oak Island
(which also contains the town of
Caswell Beach
), in
Brunswick County
,
North Carolina
,
United States
. The town extends onto the mainland north of the island's bridge. The population was 6,783 at the 2010 census. 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 an average summer population of 30-50,000.
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