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AthloneSee Bowlens Creek.
Atkin RiverSee Yadkin River.
Atkins BankSee Kinston.
Atkinsontown in W Pender County. Laid out on the lands of W. H. Lewis in 1883 (the year after a station had been est. there on the railroad) and known as Lewis. Inc. 1909 as Atkinson, named for an engineer whose work sped the completion of the railroad. Alt. 65.
Atkinson Pondapprox. 1 mi. long, on Moccasin Creek in SE Johnston County.
Atlantictown in NE Carteret County, inc. 1905, but not now active in municipal affairs. Alt. 15. Settled about 1740; called Hunting Quarters until 1890. Post office est. 1880.
Atlantic Beachtown on the E end of Bogue Banks on the Atlantic Ocean. Inc. 1937.
Atlantic Oceanforms the E boundary of North Carolina. The state has a shoreline of 328 mi.
Atlantic TownshipE Dare County on the Outer Banks.
Atlantic Townshipon Core Sound in E Carteret County. Formerly known as Hunting Quarters Township.