Supply is a small

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in Brunswick County,

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, United States, located around the intersection of US 17 (Ocean Highway) and NC 211 (Southport-Supply Road/Green Swamp Road). Its name is derived from the use of the Lockwoods Folly River as a trade route in the 18th and 19th centuries. Residents of the nearby beach communities of Holden Beach, Oak Island, Ocean Isle,

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, and Sunset Beach often formerly commuted to Supply for goods and other materials. This practice is still common, but development in the town of

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and in the Intracoastal Waterway commercial districts has made traveling to Supply unnecessary.

Geography

Supply is located midway between the town of

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, the

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of Brunswick County, and the city of Shallotte, and is just south of the Green Swamp. It is also home to Brunswick Medical Center.

Education

* Supply Elementary School * Cedar Grove Middle School

In the media

The novel ''Holly'' by Albert French is set in Supply, although the novel indicates that there is a courthouse in Supply, but since Supply is not a county seat it is unclear why the novel so indicates. Supply has a fire department at 17 and 211, station 13

Notable person

Chad McCumbee, an ARCA and

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driver, is a notable resident.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Brunswick County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina Cape Fear (region)