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Conway
Conway is a full-service city, originally founded in 1732 as the village of Kingston. Conway is currently home to more than 13,000 residents and is the county seat of Horry County. Conway has been designated as a Tree City USA for 22 consecutive years.
Overlooking the dark waters of the picturesque Waccamaw River, the city of Conway offers an appealing mixture of small-town friendliness, modern conveniences, and Old South charm. It is one of the oldest towns in America, established in 1733, in what was then South Carolina's colonial frontier. A walk along the riverfront is a pleasant reminder that Conway has experienced a great deal of history.
American Indians were here first: the Conway area was home to South Carolina's Waccamaw Indians, whose name now graces our river and our region.
Conway's first European settlers were Irish immigrants who carved out a new life for themselves amid the wilderness of Colonial America. The town was named Kingston to honor Great Britain's King George I. During the Revolutionary War, Brigadier General Francis Marion -- "the Swamp Fox of the Revolution" -- operated in our region, waging a monumental campaign for American freedom.
Following independence, the town was renamed Conwayborough (later shortened to Conway) in honor of Robert Conway, a veteran of the Revolution and a prominent local legislator. Led by hardworking townsmen and independent-minded farmers, Conway eventually flourished as South Carolina's outpost on the Waccamaw. During the War Between the States, most of its young men went off to fight for Southern independence.
In the 1870's, Conway boomed as an export center for timber products, shipping tar, pitch, turpentine, and pine limber around the world. The railroad came to Conway in 1887, and a few years later a group of Conway businessmen extended it to the coast,launching what is now Myrtle Beach.
Conway has flourished as the county seat of Horry County and as the center of one of the largest tobacco-producing regions in the nation.
Today, Conway is a pleasant, riverside town of quiet neighborhoods, historic structures, and moss-shrouded live oak trees. The best of the Old South's charm lives today in picturesque Conway, South Carolina's Historic Rivertown.
City of Conway
Conway Mainstreet
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Aynor
Aynor, South Carolina is located in the Western part of fast growing Horry County, SC. We are approximately 35 miles from the " Myrtle Beach Grand Strand"and are only a short drive to the Beach or to Interstate I-95 which extends from Florida to the Northeastern, U.S.
we are "right in the projected " route for the new Interstate I-77 which will provide direct access from the Midwestern U. S. to our Area.
In 2000, Aynor had a median family income of $ 29,583 and 18% of Adults over 25 had a College Degree.
Chamber
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Loris
Chadbourn Lumber Company of Wilmington, NC had been engaged in logging for a number of years and operated saw mills just across the North Carolina state line. In the normal course of business they would construct rail lines to facilitate getting their lumber to their mills. Eventually Chadbourn Lumber Company decided to extend their rail lines into Horry County. The first train made the Wilmington to Conway trip on December 15, 1887.
James Gould Patterson, who had bought land around the tracks from Chadbourn Lumber Company, began selling lots to merchants and others who wanted to locate nearby. The Town of Loris was incorporated on July 26, 1902.
Loris was the first city in South Carolina to have its own newspaper, high school, bank, complete telephone system, doctor and developed one of the earliest and largest cotton markets within the state.
City of Loris
Chamber
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Andrews
Andrews bridges many worlds. We're an easy drive to Myrtle Beach, Litchfield, Georgetown, Mt. Pleasant, and Charleston. You have convenient access to all the advantages of big city living but a life nestled in the rural atmosphere of a small town. Come visit and enjoy the great outdoor life that is abutted against acreage of land and the beautiful Black River. We are small-town, filled with all the charm and personality that small communities are famous for. When you're in Andrews, you're close to South Carolina's wonderful beaches and the richness of history that has shaped our country
Visit us, or better yet, move your business or family to our progressive, growing community. You'll be glad you did!
Town of Andrews
Visitors Bureau
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