• The pier was originally called the Atlantic View pier and was built in the 1930’s by Julian Morton whose son, Hugh Morton owned Grandfather Mountain.
• It was later bought by Luther Rogers who sold it to Johnnie Mercer in 1939.
• Johnnie Mercer was an avid fisherman and renamed the pier after himself. (He was not the famed singer/songwriter)
• Mercer died in a car crash in 1964 and his widow sold the pier to Bob and Shirley Johnson in 1969.
• Son Matt Johnson and his family run the pier to this day.
• The pier was rebuilt after Hurricane Hazel in 1954.
• Hurricane Fran and Bertha in 1996 were the two storms that devastated the wooden Johnnie Mercers Pier.
• Building of the new concrete pier began in 1999.
• The new Johnnie Mercers Pier reopened in 2001.
• Johnnie Mercers is the first concrete pier along the NC coastline.
• The pier extends 1200 feet our over the Atlantic Ocean.
• The pier was built to be able to withstand up to 200 MPH winds.