| Athlone | See Bowlens Creek. |
| Atkin River | See Yadkin River. |
| Atkins Bank | See Kinston. |
| Atkinson | town 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 Pond | approx. 1 mi. long, on Moccasin Creek in SE Johnston County. |
| Atlantic | town 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 Beach | town on the E end of Bogue Banks on the Atlantic Ocean. Inc. 1937. |
| Atlantic Ocean | forms the E boundary of North Carolina. The state has a shoreline of 328 mi. |
| Atlantic Township | E Dare County on the Outer Banks. |
| Atlantic Township | on Core Sound in E Carteret County. Formerly known as Hunting Quarters Township. |