Buck Island
Buck Island is an island in Brunswick, North Carolina. Buck Island is situated nearby to the village Caswell Beach, as well as near the hamlet Coolvale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Fear Regional Jetport/Howie Franklin Field and J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital.
Cape Fear Regional Jetport/Howie Franklin Field
Aerodrome
Photo: RadioKAOS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Fear Regional Jetport, also known as Howie Franklin Field, is a public use airport in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the Brunswick County Airport Commission and located one nautical mile northeast of the central business district of Oak Island, North Carolina.
J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Pearlhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dosher Memorial Hospital is a not-for-profit, public, community hospital in Southport, North Carolina. The hospital serves Smithville Township—Southport, Bald Head Island, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, and the eastern portion of St.
Yaupon Beach
Residential area
Yaupon Beach, North Carolina is a neighborhood of the coastal town of Oak Island in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southport and Caswell Beach.
Southport
Photo: DiscoA340, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Southport is a city on the North Carolina Coastal Plain. Back in the 18th century, British settlements along this stretch of coast were afflicted by buccaneers and Spanish frigates to the point that a fortification named Fort Johnston had to be built, around which a town then called Smithville after Revolutionary War figure Benjamin Smith took shape, which eventually became known as Southport.
Caswell Beach
Village
Photo: Gerry Dincher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caswell Beach is a small seaside town located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in Southeastern North Carolina, United States. Occupying the eastern part of Oak Island in Brunswick County, its population was listed at 395 in the 2020 census.
Fort Caswell Historic District
Hamlet
The Fort Caswell Historic District is located on the Atlantic Coast of North Carolina, US, and encompasses 2 sites, 43 buildings, and 23 structures. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
Buck Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States of America
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Brunswick, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.93045° or 33° 55′ 50″ northLongitude
-78.05166° or 78° 3′ 6″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
8753WWJX+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 357769400OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Buck Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Buck Island”
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