Editing Horry County, South Carolina (section)

==Geography==
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[[File:Burroughs School Conway SC 1905 Building Jun 10.JPG|right|thumb|Horry County Museum in Conway]]
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1254.73|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1133.31|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|121.42|sqmi}} (9.68%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files – South Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_45.txt |access-date=September 10, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is the largest county by land area in South Carolina.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article252078323.html|title=At times, like now, modest tax increases are absolutely necessary|work=[[The Sun News]]|date=June 13, 2021|accessdate=June 13, 2021}}</ref> The highest point in the county is {{convert|124|ft}} above sea level.<ref name="Horry County 2011-2012 Budget:Community Profile on page 24">{{cite web|url=http://www.horrycounty.org/depts/finance/budgetFY2012.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=September 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516103103/http://www.horrycounty.org/depts/finance/budgetFY2012.pdf |archive-date=May 16, 2012 }} Horry County 2011-2012 Budget: Community Profile on page 24</ref>

Horry County is in the northeastern corner of South Carolina. It is a diverse land made up of rivers, beaches, forests, and swamps, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the [[Little Pee Dee River]] and Drowning Creek (also known as the [[Lumber River]]) on its western side, and North Carolina to the north. The [[Waccamaw River]], around {{convert|140|mi}} long, runs through southeastern North Carolina and eastern South Carolina into Horry County. The river runs through the coastal plain, along the eastern border between the two states, and into the Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="A Historical Look at Horry County">{{Cite web|url=http://www.horrycounty.org/history/index.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626131215/http://www.horrycounty.org/history/index.asp|url-status=dead|title=A Historical Look at Horry County|archive-date=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

===National protected area===
* [[Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)

===State and local protected areas/sites===
* Cartwheel Bay Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area<ref name="SCDNR Public Lands">{{Cite web |title=SCDNR Public Lands |url=https://www2.dnr.sc.gov/ManagedLands/ManagedLand/County |access-date=April 1, 2023 |website=www2.dnr.sc.gov}}</ref>
* [[United States Post Office (Conway, South Carolina)|Conway Post Office]]
* Heritage Shores Nature Preserve
* [[Horry County Museum]]
* [[Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve|Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area]]<ref name="SCDNR Public Lands"/>
* [[Myrtle Beach State Park]]
* North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum
* Russell Burgess Coastal Preserve
* [[Waccamaw River Heritage Preserve|Waccamaw River Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area]]<ref name="SCDNR Public Lands"/>

===Major water bodies===
* [[Atlantic Ocean]] (North Atlantic Ocean)
* Calabash River
* Dunes Lake<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dunes Lake, South Carolina |url=https://www.lake-link.com/south-carolina-lakes/horry-county/dunes-lake/338367/ |access-date=July 4, 2023 |website=Lake-Link |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Great Pee Dee River]]
* [[Intracoastal Waterway]]
* Lake Busbee
* [[Little Pee Dee River]]
* [[Little River (Horry County, South Carolina)|Little River]]
* [[Long Bay (South Carolina)|Long Bay]]
* [[Lumber River]]
* [[Murrells Inlet, South Carolina|Murrells Inlet]]
* [[Tuckahoe Bay]]
* [[Waccamaw River]]

===Adjacent counties===

* [[Robeson County, North Carolina]] - northwest

* [[Columbus County, North Carolina]] – northeast
* [[Brunswick County, North Carolina]] – east
* [[Georgetown County, South Carolina|Georgetown County]] – southwest
* [[Marion County, South Carolina|Marion County]] – west
* [[Dillon County, South Carolina|Dillon County]] – northwest