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Myrtle Beach

coastal city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States
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Summary

Myrtle Beach is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,084 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Horry County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: North Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Head of government: John Rhodes[6], Brenda Bethune[7]
  • Shares border with: Carolina Forest[8]
  • Twinned administrative body: Burlington[9], Keighley[10], Pinamar[11], Killarney[12]
  • Postal code: 29572[13], 29575[14], 29577[15], 29578[16], 29579[17], 29587[18], 29588[19]
  • Commons category: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina[20]
  • Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[21]
  • Local dialing code: 843[22]
  • Inception: 1936[23]
  • Official website: http://www.cityofmyrtlebeach.com[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Myrtle Beach, South Carolina[25]
  • Commons gallery: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina[26]
  • Population: 27,109[27], 35,682[28]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Myrtle Beach[29]
  • Official name: Myrtle Beach[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina[31]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina[32]
  • Number of households: 14,205[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina[34]
  • Elevation above sea level: 8 m[35]
  • Area: 61.891381 km²[36], 60.41 km²[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.04 percent[38]
  • Territory overlaps: Myrtle Beach–North Myrtle Beach urban area[39]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Myrtle Beach include Myrtle Beach International Airport[40], an international airport[41], in United States[42].

Why It Matters

Myrtle Beach has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for it include Myrtle Beach International Airport[40], an international airport[41], in United States[42].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . cityofmyrtlebeach.com. cityofmyrtlebeach.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . cityofmyrtlebeach.com. Retrieved . cityofmyrtlebeach.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . geonames.usgs.gov. geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → Eastern Time Zone
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gaycities id → myrtlebeach
    Wikidata description → coastal city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gaycities id: myrtlebeach, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/226428929|Myrtle Beach (#226428929)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7294|GayCities city"
  3. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+30443'}
    Member of → Q138812596
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → Myrtle Beach metropolitan area
    Instance of → city in the United States
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
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