Atkinson
A town in Pender County, North Carolina — population 366 as of 2020.
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News around Pender County
Coastal Review
September 16DEQ launches online guide for Topsail Nature Preserve
The Topsail Nature Preserve, also known as "The Point," was the focus of a conservation effort that culminated with North Carolina Costal Land Trust purchasing the property that was then transitioned to the Division of Coastal Management.
Government & Civic
Coastal Review
August 19Amid moratorium hits, misses, shellfish growers seek leases
Latest in our series: As tensions grow among various users of public trust waters over site selection for North Carolina's growing shellfish mariculture industry, new lease applications filed with the state would cover a combined 55 acres of bottom and water columns in six…
Local Business
Coastal Review
August 18Surf City celebrates federal beach project with event, music
A ceremony Monday on the beach by the Surf City Ocean Pier marked the start of a federal coastal storm risk management project that the town has sought for more than two decades, and it has inspired a ... "song."
Events
Coastal Review
August 13‘Astonishing’: Topsail Island stormwater projects yield results
Officials in the three Topsail Island towns see improvement in the chronic street flooding that had long been a problem after an agreement to take on an island-wide resiliency project.
Government & Civic
Coastal Review
August 12Grower survey to assist balanced approach to mariculture
North Carolina Sea Grant and the North Carolina Coastal Federation are inviting oyster growers in Pender and Onslow counties to share their experiences and perspectives on the use of public trust waters.
GeneralCoastal Review
July 22Several downstream drinking water suppliers, including Brunswick and Pender counties, and the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, have been notified that elevated levels of 1,4-dioxane were detected in a July 10 sample collected upstream from the Asheboro Wastewater Treatment…
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Atkinson by the numbers
- Area
- 0.99 sq mi (2.56 km²)
- Persons per household
- 3.3
- Median house value
- $155,100
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- PO BOX 160, ATKINSON, NC 28421