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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Atlantic Beach (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Atlantic Beach. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Atlantic Beach ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Atlantic Beach: Atlantic Bch.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Atlantic Beach is located in Carteret County.

To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carteret County: Craven, Hyde, Jones, Onslow & Pamlico.

Below are the counties that are near Atlantic Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Atlantic Beach:

  • Carteret County     (The home county of Atlantic Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Atlantic Beach, with the one closest to Atlantic Beach listed first.
    • Carolina City
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carolina City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina City
      • Carolina City is located in Carteret County
    • Morehead City
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Mitchell Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Village
      • Mitchell Village is located in Carteret County
    • Crab Point Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crab Point Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Point Village
      • Crab Point Village is located in Carteret County
    • Pine Knoll Shores
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Knoll Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knoll Shores
      • Pine Knoll Shores is located in Carteret County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,315 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Knoll Shores <2>
    • Beaufort
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaufort have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaufort
      • Beaufort is located in Carteret County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,491 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaufort <2>
    • Salter Path
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salter Path have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter Path
      • Salter Path is located in Carteret County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salter Path <2>
    • Straits
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • North River
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Newport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
      • Newport is located in Carteret County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <2>
    • Indian Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Beach
      • Indian Beach is located in Carteret County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian Beach <2>
    • Bettie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Craven County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Atlantic Beach, with the one closest to Atlantic Beach listed first.
    • Bachelor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bachelor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
      • Bachelor is located in Craven County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bachelor
      • From Atlantic Beach to Bachelor
    • Hancock Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hancock Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Village
      • Hancock Village is located in Craven County
    • Havelock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Manteo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manteo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
      • Manteo is located in Craven County
    • Cherry Point ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Slocum Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slocum Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Village
      • Slocum Village is located in Craven County
    • Neuse Forest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neuse Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Forest
      • Neuse Forest is located in Craven County
    • Riverdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfield Harbour
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield Harbour have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Harbour
      • Fairfield Harbour is located in Craven County
  • Onslow County
  • Pamlico County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Atlantic Beach, with the one closest to Atlantic Beach listed first.
    • Minnesott Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnesott Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
      • Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
    • Arapahoe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arapahoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
      • Arapahoe is located in Pamlico County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 534 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arapahoe <2>
    • Oriental
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriental have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriental
      • Oriental is located in Pamlico County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oriental <2>
    • Merritt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Pamlico
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pamlico. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
      • Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pamlico
      • From Atlantic Beach to Pamlico
    • Alliance
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alliance have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
      • Alliance is located in Pamlico County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alliance <2>
    • Bayboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayboro
      • Bayboro is located in Pamlico County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,242 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayboro <2>
    • Stonewall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Atlantic Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Atlantic Beach.

Cemeteries Near Atlantic Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Atlantic Beach.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Atlantic Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Atlantic Beach, with the one closest to Atlantic Beach listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

While we didn't find Atlantic Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Atlantic Beach.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Atlantic Beach, with the one closest to Atlantic Beach listed first.

  • Morehead City
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Hollywood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollywood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
    • Hollywood is located in Carteret County
  • Beaufort
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaufort have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaufort
    • Beaufort is located in Carteret County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,491 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaufort <2>
  • Wildwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Wildwood is located in Carteret County
  • Straits
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Newport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Newport is located in Carteret County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,636 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <2>
  • Marshallberg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Smyrna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smyrna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Smyrna is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <2>
  • Bachelor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bachelor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
    • Bachelor is located in Craven County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bachelor
    • From Atlantic Beach to Bachelor
  • Cherry Point ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bogue
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bogue have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • Bogue is located in Carteret County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
  • Davis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Davis is located in Carteret County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davis <2>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Merrimon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrimon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimon
      • Merrimon is located in Carteret County
    • Cedar Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
      • Cedar Point is located in Carteret County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Point <2>
    • Janeiro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Janeiro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janeiro
      • Janeiro is located in Pamlico County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Atlantic Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Atlantic Beach.

Newspapers Published in Atlantic Beach ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Atlantic Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Atlantic Beach, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Atlantic Beach.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Atlantic Beach:

The official website for Atlantic Beach: www.atlanticbeach-nc.com/

The official website for Carteret County: www.co.carteret.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Atlantic Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Atlantic Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7011, Longitude: -76.7383    
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Atlantic Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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