Oak Island, North Carolina
Town
Oak Island Beach
Motto:  "A Place to Coast"
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Coordinates: 33°54′48″N 78°05′29″W / 33.91333°N 78.09139°W / 33.91333; -78.09139
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Brunswick
Area [1]
• 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 [2]	16 ft (5 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• 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.oakislandnc.com

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.

• Oak Island, NC City Guide^{[permanent dead link]}
• Official Town Site Archived 2013-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce

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