Place:Horry, South Carolina, United States

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Name: Horry

Alternate names: Horry (Getty Vocabulary Program); Horry District (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS45031545)

Type: County

Coordinates: 33.917°N 78.983°W

Located in: South Carolina, United States (1801 - )

See also: Georgetown, South Carolina, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))

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Census-designated place: Bucksport; Forestbrook; Garden City; Little River; Red Hill; Socastee

Inhabited place: Adrian; Allen; Allsbrook; Arcadian Shores; Atlantic Beach; Aynor; Baker Crossroads; Baxter Forks; Bay Forest; Bayboro; Belle Park; Benton Park; Blynn Acres; Booth; Briarcliffe Acres; Briarwood; Brookgate; Brooksville; Brown Bay; Brownway; Bucksville; Buckwood; Bunker Hill; Burgan; Burgess; Burning Ridge; Cane Patch; Canon Hill; Carolina Forest; Caropine; Causey; Cebu; Cedar Creek Village; Cedar Grove; Chestnut Crossroads; Chinners; Cimerron Plantation South; Coastal Heights; Cochran Town; College Park; Conway; Cool Spring; Coopers; Coquina Harbor; Country Club Forest; Creekside; Crosswinds; Crystal Lake; Cypress Creek; Daisy; Darden Terrace; Deer Track Villas; Deerfield Plantation; Dog Bluff Landing; Dog Bluff; Dogwood Neck; Dogwood; Dongola; Doyle; Duford; Dunes Cove; East Chester; Eddy Lake; El Bethel; Enterprise Landing; Fairtraid; Fairway Park; Finklea; Floyds Crossroads; Forest Dunes; Forest Lake; Forney; Freemont; Frieds Bay; Galivants Ferry; Gideon; Gilbert Crossroads; Glenn; Golf View Plantation; Goretown; Grahams Crossroads; Grahamville; Green Bay Park; Green Lakes; Green Sea; Greenbriar; Grissett; Guiton Crossing; Gurley; Hammond; Hand; Hendricks Corner; Heritage Shores; Hickory Grove; Highlands; Hollywood; Homewood; Horry; Howard; Howells; Huckabee Heights; Hughes Landing; Hulls Island; Hunter Fields; Hurl Rocks; Ingram Beach; Jaluco; Jamestown; Jensens; Jernigans Crossroads; Jones Crossroads; Jonestown; Jordanville; Joy; Juniper Bay; Ketchuptown; Keys Field; Kingswood; Klondike; Knotty Branch; Konig; Lake Shore; Lakewood; Lewisville; Little Town; Live Oak; Locust Tree Landing; Long Bay Estates; Long Point; Longleaf; Longs; Longwood Landing; Longwood; Loris; Lundy Crossroads; Maple Crossroads; Mary; McQueen Crossroads; Midway; Mount Gilead; Mount Olive; Myrtle Beach; Myrtle Heights; Myrtle Ridge; Myrtle Trace; Ned Swamp; Nixons Crossroads; Nixonville; North Conway; North Myrtle Beach; Northwood; Norton; Oak Park; Oakey Bay; Oakland Heights; Ocean Lakes; Ocean Pines; Oceanside Village; Old River Estates; Owens; Pages; Palmetto Shores; Park Hill; Peachtree Landing; Pebble Beach; Pee Dee Crossroads; Peters Ferry Landing; Pine Island; Pine Lake Estates; Pine Valley Estates; Pinelands; Pinewood Acres; Pinewood; Pirate Cove; Pitch Landing; Plantation Point; Platt Spring; Playcards; Pleasant Hill; Pleasant View; Polecat Bay; Polecat Landing; Poplar Forks; Poplar Hill; Port Harrelson; Prestwick; Princeton Place; Princeville; Privetts; Quattlebaum Acres; Rabon Crossroads; Ramsey Acres; Red Bluff Crossroads; Rehobeth; Rheuark Landing; Robbers Roost Villas; Rosewood; Saint Paul Forks; Salem Crossroads; Sand Ridge; Sarvis Crossroads; Scott Acres; Seabreeze; Seacroft; Seaview Place; Shell; Shelly; Simpson; Singleton Crossroads; Skimmer Bay; Spring Hill; Springmaid Beach; Stalvey; Star Bluff Crossroads; Stephens Crossroads; Surf Pines; Surfside Beach; Tarpon Bay; The Forest; The Grove; The Landing at Plantation Point; The Old Home Place; Thompson; Tilghman Estates; Timber Ridge; Toddville; Tompkins; Twelvemile; University Forest; Vaught; Villa Woods; Village at Bay Tree; Vina; Wampee; Wannamaker; Washington Park; Watergate; Westwood Estates; White Oak; White Pond; Whittemore Park; Wilson Landing; Windjammer Village; Withers Heights; Woodland Park; Worthams Ferry; Yaupon Circle

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source: Family History Library Catalog

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Horry County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. 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 .

As of 2005, the population of Horry County is 226,992. Founded in 1801, its county seat is Conway ⁶, and its largest city is Myrtle Beach. The county shares with Georgetown County an arc-shaped strip of sandy beaches and barrier islands called the Grand Strand, which is a major U. S. tourist destination and retirement community. The area centered in Myrtle Beach is becoming a metropolitan area.

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Timeline

Date	Event	Source
1799	Probate records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1801	County formed	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1803	Court records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1803	Land records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1810	First census	Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1810	No significant boundary changes after this year	Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1911	Marriage records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1915	Birth records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Census Year	Population
1810	4,349
1820	5,025
1830	5,245
1840	5,755
1850	7,646
1860	7,962
1870	10,721
1880	15,574
1890	19,256
1900	23,364
1910	26,995
1920	32,077
1930	39,376
1940	51,951
1950	59,820
1960	68,247
1970	69,992
1980	101,419
1990	144,053

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External links

www.horrycounty.org/

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