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Kure Beach
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Kure Beach
Total population
2,466
Median home value
$735,100
Bachelor's+
Median income
$104,149
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
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 2,191 at the 2020 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 (2.6 km2) in area, stretching along about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) of coastline along Pleasure Island, and a maximum width of less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km), in most places only a few hundred yard/meters wide.
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History
A post office called Kure Beach has been in operation since 1942. The town was named for a family of settlers. The Kure Beach Fishing Pier is one of the oldest on the Atlantic Coast. The original pier was built in 1923 and has been rebuilt and restored several times since then due to wear and tear over the years. On the night of July 24–25, 1943, a German U-boat fired at least three shells to attack the Ethyl-Dow Chemical Company plant at Kure's Beach (post-war: Kure Beach), but instead hit the Cape Fear River. The plant was the only one on the East Coast producing bromine from seawater for use in aviation gasoline. Other historians dispute whether the attack actually occurred, and there is no corroborating physical evidence or logs from the German Navy.
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Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Kure Beach, NC from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
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Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves8,563
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves7,661
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves7,588
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves6,570
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves6,299
- Great EgretArdea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves5,689
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831) · Aves5,403
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major Vieillot, 1819 · Aves5,211
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Eugene Ashley HighHigh · Wilmington · 1,975 students · 20.2:1 ratio
- Charles P Murray MiddleMiddle · Wilmington · 882 students · 16.6:1 ratio
- Myrtle Grove MiddleMiddle · Wilmington · 645 students · 15.7:1 ratio
- Edwin A Anderson ElementaryElementary · Wilmington · 624 students · 15.2:1 ratio
- Heyward C Bellamy ElemElementary · Wilmington · 556 students · 14.6:1 ratio
- Carolina Beach ElementaryElementary · Carolina Beach · 431 students · 15.4:1 ratio
- Mary C Williams ElementaryElementary · Wilmington · 394 students · 12.7:1 ratio
- Island Montessori Charter SchoolElementary · Wilmington · 215 students · 11.3:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
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Notable people from here
Nearby places in North Carolina
- Carolina Beach3 mi away
- Southport7.4 mi away · pop. 4,205
- Bald Head Island10.1 mi away
- Boiling Spring Lakes10.1 mi away
- St. James11.7 mi away · pop. 7,072
- Oak Island13.5 mi away
- Wrightsville Beach16 mi away · pop. 2,665
- Leland17.3 mi away · pop. 22,908
- Varnamtown19 mi away
- Ogden19.5 mi away
- Wrightsboro20 mi away · pop. 6,287
- Murraysville20.5 mi away
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • CDC PLACES