Myrtle Beach

Myrtle Beach ( /mʊrˈtəlˈbiːtʃ/) is a coastal city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is situated on the center of a large and continuous stretch of beach known as the Grand Strand in northeastern South Carolina. It is considered to be a major tourist destination in the Southeast, attracting an estimated 14.6 million visitors each summer. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 27,109, with the Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway combined statistical area population of 329,449. Technically a man-made island, Myrtle Beach has been separated from the continental United States since 1936 by the Intracoastal Waterway, forcing the city and area in general to develop within a small...