Smithville Township is one of six

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

within Brunswick County,

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

, United States. As of the 2000 Census, Smithville Township had a population of 12,019 and a population density of . It is a part of the

Myrtle Beach metropolitan area The Myrtle Beach metropolitan area (also Myrtle Beach–Conway–North Myrtle Beach MSA) is a census-designated metropolitan statistical area consisting of Horry County in South Carolina and Brunswick County in North Carolina. The wider Myrtle B ...

. Smithville Township, occupying of land and of water, is located on the

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coast and encompasses the towns of Oak Island,

Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Irish ...

Caswell Beach 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 ...

, and Bald Head Island.Smithville township, Brunswick County, North Carolina (NC) Detailed Profile
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Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station The Brunswick nuclear power plant, named for Brunswick County, North Carolina, covers at above sea level about from the Atlantic Ocean. The site is adjacent to the town of Southport, North Carolina, and to wetlands and woodlands, and was open ...

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Townships in Brunswick County, North Carolina Cape Fear (region) Townships in North Carolina {{BrunswickCountyNC-geo-stub

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