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Welcome to the Myrtle Beach Home page. The Myrtle Beach Home page provides as much information as possible on Myrtle Beach. Knowing Myrtle Beach’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Myrtle Beach’s Home page, you will also find Myrtle Beach’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Myrtle Beach has a population of 281180. 48.2% of Myrtle Beach’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.8 are female. 45.6% of Myrtle Beach is married and 56.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $237,281, and the average rent is $924. Household median income in Myrtle Beach is $43,378, and the individual median income is $26,592. Myrtle Beach’s Ethnic is the following: White(73.4%), Black(16.1%), Hispanic(15.3%), Multiple(5.4%), Other(2.9%), Asian(2%), Native(0.3%).


Myrtle Beach is a resort city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is located in the center of a long and continuous 60-mile (97 km) stretch of beach known as "The Grand Strand" in the northeastern part of the state. Its year-round population was 35,682 as of the 2020 census.Myrtle Beach is one of the major centers of tourism in South Carolina and the United States.


The city's warm subtropical climate, miles of beaches, 86 golf courses, and 1,800 restaurants attract over 20 million visitors each year, making Myrtle Beach one of the most visited destinations in the country.Located along the historic King's Highway (modern U.S. Route 17), the region was once home to the Waccamaw people.


During the colonial period, the Whither family settled in the area, and a prominent local waterway, Wither's Swash, is named in their honor. Originally called alternately "New Town" or "Withers", the area was targeted for development as a resort community by Franklin Burroughs, whose sons completed a railroad to the beach and the first inn, Seaside Inn.


His widow named the new community Myrtle Beach after the local wax-myrtle shrubs. The Myrtle Beach metropolitan area is the one of fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the country, with a population of 551,126 as of the 2020 census. More than 104,000 people moved to the area over eight years, representing a nearly 28% growth in population.


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