Lake Waccamaw
Lake Waccamaw is a town in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,296 at the 2020 census. European settlers established their first settlements at Lake Waccamaw in the 18th century.- Type: Village with 1,300 residents
- Description: town in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Flemington”, “Lake Waccamaw, NC”, “Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina”, and “Лаке Wаccамаw”
- Postal code: 28450
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hallsboro.
Hallsboro
Hamlet
Hallsboro is an unincorporated community and… Hallsboro is situated 4½ miles west of Lake Waccamaw.
Lake Waccamaw
- Categories: town in the United States, city of North Carolina, and locality
- Location: Waccamaw Township, Columbus, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.32217° or 34° 19′ 20″ north
Longitude
-78.52203° or 78° 31′ 19″ west
Population
1,300
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US WCW
Open location code
87638FCH+V5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Lake Waccamaw” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ليك واكاماو”
- Basque: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Catalan: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Cebuano: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Chechen: “Лейк-Ваккамо”
- Chinese: “萊克沃卡莫 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “萊克沃卡莫”
- Dutch: “Lake Waccamaw”
- French: “Lake Waccamaw”
- German: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Gilaki: “لیک واکاماو (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
- Gilaki: “لیک واکاماو”
- Haitian: “Lake Waccamaw, Kawolin dinò”
- Hungarian: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Italian: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Ladin: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Norwegian: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Persian: “لیک واککماو”
- Polish: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Portuguese: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Russian: “Лейк Ваккамав”
- Serbian: “Лејк Вакамау”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Spanish: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Tatar: “Лейк-Ваккамо”
- Ukrainian: “Лейк-Ваккамо”
- Urdu: “لیک واکاماو، شمالی کیرولائنا”
- Urdu: “لیک واکاماو”
- Uzbek: “Lake Waccamaw”
- Volapük: “Lake Waccamaw”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Wananish and Artesia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lake Waccamaw Post Office and Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum.
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