Holden Beach Vacation Rentals

Holden Beach Vacation Rentals

Would it not be a good idea to go on vacation to great tourist destination of Holden Beach? I think the answer to that is yes.

Holden Beach is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA.

North Carolina is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. North Carolina contains 100 counties and its capital is Raleigh.

Before the American Revolution, early settlers seeking land near Lockwood's Folly River applied for patents and received warrants for surveys of selected tracts. Upon payment of fifty shillings for each hundred acres, the warrantee could receive a permanent grant for Royal Governor Arthur Dobbs.

Benjamin Holden in 1756 bought four mainland tracts and the island between his plantation and the ocean. This island extended from Lockwood's Folly Inlet west six miles to Bacon Inlet. Benjamin and his sons used the island for fishing and cattle grazing.

John Holden, Benjamin's grandson, started a commercial fishery on the island and in 1924 surveyed a section which he called Holden Beach Resort, the plat of which represented the first subdivision of beach property in Brunswick County (NC). In 1925, he built the Holden Beach bridge, it was subsequently destroyed by the Inland Waterway construction. Mr. Johnny negotiated with the state of North Carolina for the institution of a public ferry to reach the island, but he did not live to see the ferry begin operating in 1934.

Luther S. Holden, John's son, operated the old hotel that his father had built, started development of the property nearby and became a permanent resident in 1946. Soon afterwards, Luther S. Holden's son (John F. Holden) began building other homes and renting them to vacationers. Soon afterwards, smaller other developments were started west of the ferry location. Back in the early 1940s one could buy a ocean front house with the land for about $600 dollars. John F. Holden and his wife Johnsie M. Holden actually began the development of Holden Beach that would slowly become a resort area. John and Johnsie Holden had two sons who are named Lyn Holden and J. Alan Holden.

In 1954, the island had about 300 homes and a turnbridge. After that year's destructive Hurricane Hazel, which hit on Oct. 15, 1954, rebuilding was slow. On February 14, 1969, the island was incorporated and, on May 13, 1986, the Town of Holden Beach dedicated a new high rise steel and concrete bridge, allowing better access to the more than 1900 homes on the island. This made it easier for people to have vacations with greater transport.

The one church on the island, the interdenominational Holden Beach Chapel, began as a Bible study in the home of Luther S. Holden and several other resident families on the island. Eventually land was donated and the church was erected in the 1940s. It was destroyed by Hurricane Hazel in 1954, but was rebuilt shortly thereafter. Today the chapel serves the many hundreds who vacation on the island during Summer.