Kure Beach, North Carolina

Kure Beach, North Carolina
Town
Town of Kure Beach
Flag Seal
Location in New Hanover County and the state of North Carolina.
Coordinates: 33°59′56″N 77°54′28″W / 33.99889°N 77.90778°W / 33.99889; -77.90778
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	New Hanover
Government
• Mayor	Allen Oliver[1]
Area [2][3]
• Total	0.88 sq mi (2.29 km2)
• Land	0.88 sq mi (2.28 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation [4]	23 ft (7 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,191
• Density	2,489.77/sq mi (961.63/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	28449
Area codes	910, 472
FIPS code	37-36220[5]
GNIS feature ID	2405961[4]
Website	www.townofkurebeach.org

Kure Beach (/ˈkjʊəri/ KURE-ee)^[6] 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 2,012 at the 2010 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.