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Caswell Beach, North Carolina

Caswell Beach, North Carolina
Seaside town
Caswell Beach Lighthouse
Caswell Beach Lighthouse
Motto: The Best Little Beach Town in America
Caswell Beach is located in North Carolina
Caswell Beach
Caswell Beach
Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 33°54′13″N 78°3′38″W / 33.90361°N 78.06056°W / 33.90361; -78.06056Coordinates: 33°54′13″N 78°3′38″W / 33.90361°N 78.06056°W / 33.90361; -78.06056
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Brunswick
Area
 • Total 4.1 sq mi (10.5 km2)
 • Land 2.9 sq mi (7.6 km2)
 • Water 1.1 sq mi (2.9 km2)
Elevation 10 ft (3 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 398
 • Density 136/sq mi (52.5/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 28465
Area code(s) 910
FIPS code 37-10960
GNIS feature ID 1004807
Website www.caswellbeach.org

Caswell Beach is a small, sleepy, seaside town located on the east end of Oak Island in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Adjacent to Fort Caswell/North Carolina Baptist Assembly and the US Coast Guard station, its population was listed at 398 in the 2010 census. The historic Oak Island Lighthouse which the town now owns, towers over its environs while the Oak Island Golf Club which is the sole business in town, features one of the few eighteen-hole courses located on a North Carolina barrier island. Caswell Beach along with the Town of Oak Island located on the west end of the island are part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area.

Contiguous to Fort Caswell which dates from 1825, Caswell Beach was incorporated as a town in 1975; both were named for Richard Caswell, 1st & 5th Governor of North Carolina. Since 1949, Fort Caswell has housed the North Carolina Baptist Assembly, a religious retreat and conference center and in 2013, the fort was designated a National Historic District. Thirteen of the 18 holes of the Oak Island Golf Club, which was established in 1962, are located within town boundaries.

Beginning in the late 1990s, the town set in motion an intensive beach restoration and preservation effort which resulted in its receiving a national award in 2002 for Best Restored Beach. Two years later, after extensive negotiations with the National Park Service, the town acquired the Oak Island Lighthouse.


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