Wilmington Beach was a coastal
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
on
Pleasure Island in
North Carolina
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, United States
that was annexed by the town of
Carolina Beach
Carolina Beach is a beach town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, situated about south of Wilmington International Airport in southeastern coastal North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,564. It is par ...
in 2000. Prior to the annexation, the small community was a buffer between Carolina Beach and
Kure Beach.
U.S. Highway 421 and Ocean Boulevard are the major roads through the area. Its name is derived from the city of
Wilmington, which lies approximately ten miles to the north. The annexed area consists almost entirely of residential housing.
History
The Wilmington Beach area is partially isolated from the other two beach towns since nearly all the secondary streets terminate before reaching Kure Beach in the south or the former town limits of Carolina Beach in the north. This makes the Wilmington Beach's limits in the north at Carolina Sands Drive and at Alabama Avenue in the south.
Many of Wilmington Beach's streets were unpaved, and since the annexation, Carolina Beach has paved the streets and introduced
sewer lines into the area.
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Annexed places in North Carolina
Unincorporated communities in North Carolina