Murrells Inlet, South Carolina Murrells Inlet, South Carolina Location in Georgetown County and the state of South Carolina Location in Georgetown County and the state of South Carolina Biker bar, Murrells Inlet Murrells Inlet is an unincorporated region and census-designated place in Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States.
It is most known for the Murrells Inlet Marshwalk, a 1 2-mile-long (0.8 km) boardwalk overlooking a salt marsh and which homes many restaurants.
Murrells Inlet is positioned in northeastern Georgetown County at 33 33 6 N 79 2 56 W (33.551593, -79.048794). The northern edge of the CDP follows the Horry County line.
Route 17 (Ocean Highway) runs through the center of the community, dominant northeast 13 miles (21 km) to Myrtle Beach and southwest 21 miles (34 km) to Georgetown, the seat of Georgetown County.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the Murrells Inlet CDP has a total region of 7.5 square miles (19.5 km2), of which 7.4 square miles (19.1 km2) are territory and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km2), or 2.21%, are water. The territory around Murrells Inlet has a record of settlement that goes back thousands of years, before written history, but evident in the shell mounds and archeological findings from the Atlantic Ocean to the Waccamaw River.
The recorded history of the region goes back to the days of English settlements and the territory grants of the Lords Proprietors, when large portions of the Waccamaw Neck were divided into baronies that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Waccamaw River.
The plantations of Murrells Inlet encompassed The Oaks, Brookgreen, Springfield, Laurel Hill, Richmond Hill, and Wachesaw (from south to north).
The most notable (for historic purposes) was Captain John Murrell, who bought 2,340 acres (950 ha) which eventually became Wachesaw and Richmond Hill plantations, and assembled a home on the bluff there around 1733.
Wachesaw Plantation was eventually purchased by Allard Belin around 1800, while Richmond Hill passed through Murrell descendants until it was sold to an Allston (most likely John Hayes Allston, who pioneered rice planting techniques with clay).
The rice planters were also active in the establishment of social, educational, and theological organizations, including the Planters Club, the Winyah Indigo Society, the Hot and Hot Fish Club, the All Saints Academy, the Waccamaw Methodist Mission, and All Saints Waccamaw.
The names of the families are shown on the various historic maps that date back as far as 1783 the listing of the Murrell family on the first maps is the most credible explanation of the origin of the name "Murrells Inlet".
It has been alternately shown as "Morrall's Inlet" and "Murrays Inlet" on later maps.
The rice plantation era came to an end after the Civil War with the emancipation of the slaves (rice cultivation was labor-intensive) and a series of hurricanes that climaxed with the 1893 Hurricane (also known as the Flagg flood, where the Atlantic Ocean was reported to meet the Waccamaw River).
Several powerful hurricanes following the Civil War and up to the 1893 hurricane resulted in uprooted trees and flood-damaged dikes in the rice fields and ultimately ended the manufacturing of rice on the Waccamaw Neck.
Allard Flagg's death in 1901, his daughter sold Wachesaw and the Hermitage to Samuel Sidney Fraser, a real estate speculator, who bought and sold interests in a several old plantations after the Civil War.
The years from Reconstruction until World War I saw an increase in the number of pioneer who moved to Murrells Inlet to appreciate the natural resources provided.
The family names listed in the 1900 1930 census records reflect the expansion and are still found in Murrells Inlet today.
The transit corridors up to the 1900s were primarily the Waccamaw River and the Atlantic Ocean for boats, and the Kings Road (used amid George Washington's visit) and the River Road (along the Waccamaw River near the plantation homes) for horse and wagons.
The Comanche was an early steamship that called on Wachesaw Landing to bring passengers and mail to Murrells Inlet.
Murrells Inlet landmarks that are registered and listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Murrells Inlet Historic District a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Murrells Inlet CDP, South Carolina".
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