History with 'Hud': How Figure Eight Island grew into an exclusive beachside neighborhood

History with 'Hud': How Figure Eight Island grew into an exclusive beachside neighborhood

FIGURE EIGHT ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — One of the Cape Fear’s most exclusive communities lies on an island which didn’t begin to see permanent development until the second half of the 20th century. Figure Eight Island’s earliest records trace back to 1762 when a tract of land was granted by King George III to James Moore Jr. It was later passed on to Cornelius Harnett in 1775 and became known as ‘The Banks’. It changed hands and names again towards th…