Surfside Beach, SC Real Estate — Homes For Sale in Surfside Beach, SC

I love it when I have a listing or a showing there. Even if I don't have a "business" reason I take a drive down there. It is so peaceful. Quaint shops and restaurants. On the other side of 17 there are tons of stores. I talk alot about places to eat, so yet again there's more places then I can mention. less

Surfside Beach is a town in Horry County, South Carolina. It's nickname is "The Family Beach". It's all about families in Surfside Beach, where visitors will find activities to please all ages. By the time the town was incorporated in 1964, the quiet, clean community had already established its reputation as a family beach. Pristine beaches are cleaned daily and supervised by lifeguards and police. Several beach access points offer showers, restroom, and accessible ramps for persons with disabilities. The Surfside Beach Pier is perfect for sunset walks over the water or enjoying a summer concert music series. Fisherman can also find equipment rentals and bait available in the pier's tackle shop. Visitors can enjoy a game of tennis, bocce, shuffleboard and much more at the town's seven public parks, popular with the visitors who return year after year. Surfside Beach was first incorporated in 1964 with 881 residents. It was previously known as Roach's Beach and had only a few buildings surviving the hurricane of 1893. Principal industries were lumber and feed farming for the 30 or so horses and mules in the area. The new owner, Mr. George J. Holiday, renamed the area Floral Beach for his wife, Flora, and daughter, Floramay. In the late 1920s, a group from Columbia purchased and partially developed the land. In 1952, most of the land changed hands again and became known as Surfside Beach. The undeveloped beach area was covered with sand dunes; a one-lane sandy road led from the highway to a quiet beach. Hurricane Hazel in 1954 destroyed 18 of the beach's 65 houses, but did not dampen the spirit of the developers. Lots were cleared, the sand was leveled, topsoil was brought in and T. J. Harrison, who later became the town's first mayor, opened the first grocery store in 1956 for the six permanent families and summer residents. Significant expansion did not occur until after 1956 when Myrtle Beach Air Force Base was reactivated. By 1964, its reputation as a family beach was further established and the town was becoming a popular place to retire. The new town government increased police protection, mosquito and sanitation control, and street lights and zoning ordinances resulted in increased property values. Public parking and walkways to the beach were established, and government offices were constructed. Within the next few years, the town continued to grow through annexation. Improvements were made to streets and water lines and business and residential building boomed. Surfside Beach, as well as the rest of the Grand Strand, became one of the fastest growing parts of the country. Surfside Beach adopted a public-places smoking ban which took effect October 1, 2007. Surfside Beach is the first town in Horry County to enact such a ban, and one of only a handful in South Carolina at the time. less

Nestled in the heart of the South Carolina Grand Strand area, Surfside offers two miles of pristine beach, scenic parks, a large modern branch of Horry County Library, surfing, water park, miniature golf, shopping, restaurants, amusements and much more. The town-owned pier offers bottom and float fishing or just take a leisurely stroll to enjoy the view of the beach and Atlantic Ocean at sunrise or sunset. The community maintains a small-town, laid-back, child-friendly environment where improving our citizens' quality of life is always a top priority. less