Oak Island in Brunswick County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Hurricane Hazel
Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 15, 2008
1. Hurricane Hazel Marker
Category 4 storm made landfall at Long Beach, October 15, 1954, with winds over 140 mph & 17-foot surge. Nineteen people killed in N.C.
Erected 2007 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number D-109.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Disasters. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical date for this entry is October 15, 1804.
Location. 33° 54.667′ N, 78° 4.417′ W. Marker is on Oak Island, North Carolina, in Brunswick County. It is on Country Club Drive (State Highway 133) south of Yaupon Way, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oak Island NC 28465, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fort Caswell (approx. 0.2 miles away); Battery Shipp (approx. 3 miles away); Robert C. Ruark (approx. 3.1 miles away); Indian Trail Tree (approx. 3.1 miles away); Robert Ruark (approx. 3.1 miles away); Battery Bagley (approx. 3.1 miles away); Catalino Tingzon (approx. 3.2 miles away); Franklin Square (approx. 3.2 miles away).
Also see . . .
1. Hurricane Hazel, October 15, 1954 - Newport/Morehead City, NC
this page online
2. Hurricane Hazel. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on November 20, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by J. J. Prats, January 15, 2008
2. Hurricane Hazel Marker
via East Carolina University, October 15, 1954
3. "Charlotte reporter Julian Scheer braves the wreckage in front of a burning house in Carolina Beach"
(North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, UNC Chapel Hill.)
Credits. This page was last revised on November 20, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 29, 2008, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 6,875 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 29, 2008, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 3. submitted on April 1, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
