Kure Beach and Carolina Beaches Flood

Kure Beach is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, approximately 15 miles south of Wilmington. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,012 at the 2010 census. It is found on Pleasure Island directly south of the Wilmington Beach annex of Carolina Beach and just north of Fort Fis…
Kure Beach is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, approximately 15 miles south of Wilmington. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,012 at the 2010 census. It is found on Pleasure Island directly south of the Wilmington Beach annex of Carolina Beach and just north of Fort Fisher. The town is less than 1 square mile in area, stretching along about 3.5 miles of coastline along Pleasure Island, and a maximum width of less than 0.5 miles, in most places only a few hundred yard/meters wide.
  • Elevation: 23 ft (7 m)
  • Country: United States
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: New Hanover
  • ZIP code: 28449
  • Area codes: 910, 472
  • FIPS code: 37-36220
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