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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Horry County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 351,029. It is the fourth-most populous county in South Carolina. The county seat is Conway.
Horry County is the central county in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina, about 90 miles north of Charleston, South Carolina and about 130 miles east of the state capital Columbia.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1799 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1801 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1803 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1803 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1810 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1810 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1911 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 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
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| 1810 | 4,349
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| 1820 | 5,025
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| 1830 | 5,245
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| 1840 | 5,755
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| 1850 | 7,646
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| 1860 | 7,962
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| 1870 | 10,721
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| 1880 | 15,574
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| 1890 | 19,256
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| 1900 | 23,364
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| 1910 | 26,995
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| 1920 | 32,077
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| 1930 | 39,376
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| 1940 | 51,951
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| 1950 | 59,820
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| 1960 | 68,247
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| 1970 | 69,992
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| 1980 | 101,419
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| 1990 | 144,053
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Horry County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
- www.horrycounty.org/
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