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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
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:
- Atlantic Beach town Incorporated Area
- Aynor town Incorporated Area
- Briarcliffe Acres town Incorporated Area
- Conway (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Loris city Incorporated Area
- Myrtle Beach city Incorporated Area
- Nichols town Incorporated Area
- North Myrtle Beach city Incorporated Area
- Surfside Beach town Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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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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