Laurel Bay, South Carolina
| Laurel Bay, South Carolina | |
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| CDP | |
 Location of Laurel Bay, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates: 32°27′28″N 80°47′26″W / 32.45778°N 80.79056°WCoordinates: 32°27′28″N 80°47′26″W / 32.45778°N 80.79056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Carolina |
| County | Beaufort |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.4 sq mi (14.0 km2) |
| • Land | 4.5 sq mi (11.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.9 sq mi (2.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,891 |
| • Density | 1,100/sq mi (420/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 29906 |
| Area code(s) | 843 |
| FIPS code | 45-40525 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1227789 |
Laurel Bay is a census-designated place and military housing complex in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 5,891 at the 2010 census. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Laurel Bay is included within the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The base primarily houses military personnel with families that are stationed at the nearby military bases: MCAS Beaufort, MCRD Parris Island, and USNH Beaufort. The housing area first opened in the mid-1950s.
Chester Field, located within the housing area, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
In February 2015, two former Laurel Bay residents expressed health concerns that their children are sick from leukemia cancer by living in the area on YouTube. The housing, in the past, had used heating oil storage tanks for access to heating oil and after the oil was replaced, the tanks were capped and filled with dirt while underground. Starting in 2007, all of the tanks were removed but some heating oil was released. These former residents are worried that benzene vapor, a known carcinogen, from the leaked heating oil made their kids sick. The Marine Corps performed testing at most of the sites and the soil gas tests so far are "within acceptable limits" and SC DHEC data indicates that the 29906 zip code, which includes all of Laurel Bay Housing, does not show an increased rate of cancer.
Laurel Bay is located at 32°27′28″N 80°47′26″W / 32.45778°N 80.79056°W (32.457905, -80.790501).
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