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South Carolina Counties
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South Carolina Counties
South Carolina is made up of 46 counties. They range in size from 392 square miles (1,016
square kilometers) in the case of Calhoun County to 1,358 square miles (3,517 square kilometers) in the case of
Charleston County. The least populous county is McCormick County, with only 9,958 residents, while the most
populous county is Greenville County, with a population of 395,357, despite the state's most populous city,
Columbia, being located in Richland County. |
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Horry County, South Carolina
Horry County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Conway
Year Organized: 1801
Square Miles: 1,134 |
Court House: 1301 Second Avenue
Govenment & Justice Center
Conway, SC 29526-5116
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
This name honored Revolutionary War Hero, Peter Horry. Brigadier General Horry was born in South Carolina
sometime around 1743 and started his distinguished military career in 1775 as one of 20 captains the Provincial
Congress of South Carolina elected to serve the 1st and 2nd Regiments. In 1790 he was assigned to the South Carolina
militia under Brigadier General Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Horry County was named for Revolutionary War hero Peter Horry (1743-1815). The county was originally a part of
Georgetown District, and at one time it was called Kingston. It became a separate county in 1801, with the county seat
at Conway. This area of the state was isolated for many years by numerous rivers and swamps, and the inhabitants
sometimes referred to themselves as the "Independent Republic of Horry." Lumber and naval stores were the primary
industries during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, with tobacco farming being introduced later. In the
twentieth century, tourism has come to dominate the coastal section of the county centered around Myrtle Beach.
Television personality Vanna White is a native of Horry County.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,255 square miles (3,250 kmē), of which,
1,134 square miles (2,936 kmē) of it is land and 121 square miles (314 kmē) of it (9.66%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Columbus County, North Carolina - northeast
- Brunswick County, North Carolina - east
- Georgetown County, South Carolina - southwest
- Marion County, South Carolina - west
- Dillon County, South Carolina - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Atlantic Beach |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Aynor |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Briarcliffe Acres |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Conway
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Loris |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Myrtle Beach |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Nichols |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Myrtle Beach |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Surfside Beach |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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