THE KURE BEACH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Carolinian Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes setting.
Kure Beach town has 0.88 square miles of land in New Hanover County. Its Census reference point is in Carolinian Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Kure Beach and New Hanover County
Kure Beach is associated with New Hanover County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Kure Beach by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Kure Beach, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 41.1 percentage points lower than the 41.5% recorded for New Hanover County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kure Beach town has 35.9% of the land area of nearby Carolina Beach town (2.45 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

