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THE WACCAMAW NECK
SCREVEN’S HOPE and a relaxing pace that operates on island
The Waccamaw Neck is known for
quaint fishing villages, resort communities,

time. The Neck is a long narrow peninsula
between the Atlantic Ocean and the
Waccamaw River. Residents prefer to watch
sunrises from secluded beaches, explore
the marshes by kayak, and enjoy family life
that joins the indoors with outside via wide
porches and outdoor living areas, perhaps
with a fire pit.
At the northernmost end of the River View
Communities communities of Garden City Beach and with Anne Bonney, Mary Read and Calico even on the second row, and condo units Huntington, philanthropist and sculptor,
Waccamaw Neck are the unincorporated

Murrells Inlet. Garden City Beach offers
easy access to the ocean and inlet, making
it the place to be for fishing, crabbing, and
Jack Rackham, are among those who once
water sports. With a fishing pier, marina,
gardens as their legacy.
lurked around Murrells Inlet, and the with ocean views for less. respectively, who left the park and adjacent
Brookgreen Gardens and Huntington
amusements, restaurants, and other
area may have been named for a Captain Beach State Park separate Garden City South of these two attractions is the
business, this town is a paradise for part of the Waccamaw Neck that is the
Murrell, possibly also a pirate. During Beach and Murrells Inlet from the rest
water lovers. most developed, but even that depends on
the Civil War, blockade runners used the of The Neck. Brookgreen Gardens is
Stilted beach houses and condos line your definition of development. Known as
the shore of Garden City Beach. Across the Litchfield (or Litchfield Beach), this area is
Atlantic Avenue Causeway that connects Georgetown’s population is relatively young. While the private enough to be a serene haven for its
the mainland to the beaches, both new nearly 13,000 locals and visitors while near
and established single-family home average age of residents of the Waccamaw Neck communities is enough to the surrounding cities for easy
neighborhoods and a few multi-family in the 50s, Georgetown is comprised primarily of young, access to a variety of entertainment options.
complexes offer additional residential diverse families; the median age is 38.5. Named for a successful rice plantation,
options. While a house on the beach can Litchfield is known today for world-class
easily run $1 million or more, prices off the golf courses, quaint shops, and
inlet channels to sneak in supplies to the an amazing outdoor sculpture garden,
beach average $250,000-$350,000. quiet beaches.
Confederates, while rum-runners during wildlife preserve and cultural center,
U.S. 17 south from Garden City Beach Part of this Litchfield area but with a
Prohibition used it to smuggle in and while Huntington Beach State Park offers
will take you directly into Murrells Inlet. personality all its own is Pawleys Island,
This beautifully quaint fishing village has stockpile illegal liquor. expansive beaches with camping, fishing, the “arrogantly shabby” beach town, the
a history filled with intrigue, adventure, Today, homes in Murrells Inlet range wildlife and more. Brookgreen and only incorporated community on The
and like any good tale, a bottle or two from million-dollar-plus houses on the Huntington Beach both were once part Neck, and one of the first resort towns on
of rum. The infamous Blackbeard, along beach to single-family homes in the $200s, of the estates of Archer and Anna Hyatt the Atlantic Coast. Pawleys Island’s historic

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