Oak Island, North Carolina

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. 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. References Other websites Oak Island, NC City Guide Official Town Site Archived 2013-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine