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During the segregation era Atlantic Beach was the only beach in the South where blacks were permitted. [6] The Black Bike Week rally, originally called the Atlantic Beach Memorial Day BikeFest, was founded in Atlantic Beach by the Flaming Knight Riders motorcycle club in 1980. [1] [4] The first rally drew about 100 participants. [3]
North Carolina Highway 58 leads west from Atlantic Beach, running the length of Bogue Banks to Emerald Isle. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Atlantic Beach has a total area of 2.7 square miles (6.9 km 2), of which 2.3 square miles (6.0 km 2) is land and 0.35 square miles (0.9 km 2), or 12.87%, is water. [4]
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The decline in the whaling industry in the mid-to-late 19th century and good fishing on Bogue Banks caused many settlers, mostly near Cape Lookout (Diamond City), to move toward the middle and western reaches of Bogue Banks. Many of the families who moved to Salter Path in the late 19th century and early 20th century established their ...
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Atlantic is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census , it had a population of 543. [ 4 ] It is situated along Core Sound , located in what was known to early settlers of the area as Hunting Quarters .
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