|
||||||
|
Sponsored Links
How to sell without an agent and Save the OUTRAGEOUS Commission! Rebel Real Estate Agent and Mortgage Banker reveals the quick and easy secrets of selling your home for TOP Dollar ...and saving piles of cash by doing it yourself.
|
||||||
|
Horry County (pronounced Oh-ree) is named for Revolutionary
hero, Brigadier General Peter Horry.
First inhabited by Chicora Indians, the Spanish settled here in 1526 and British settlers in the 1600s. Population in 1820 was recorded at 5,025. Horry County boasts noted historical events: Revolutionary battles, a Civil War battle at Fort Randall, and overseas port embarkation from the Myrtle Beach Air Force base during World War II.
The area’s endless attractions – seashore activities, themed entertainment parks, golf courses, restored rice plantations, cultural arts, campgrounds and an international airport, to name a few – make tourism Horry County’s primary source of livelihood. Farming and light industry are also important to our growing economy. The area’s
growth (ranked #2 nationally for rate of growth) is phenomenal. In 1990
Horry County had 89,960 housing units, an increase of 63.6% over 1980.
33,494 new housing units were built here from 1990-1998. Housing
stock is projected to expand to a total of 248,198 dwellings by the end of
2020. Population trends indicate that growth rate is increasing in
unincorporated areas, making real estate an active and growing concern for
the future of Horry County.
|
||||||
Directory Links
Copyright © 2004 |
Horry County Homes
