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The people are diverse too. On the waterfront in Little River you may meet families whose ancestors have lived here for centuries or around the town you can meet the new business owners from the north who have brought therir talents and trade to Little River in just the last few months. Another benefit is that Little River allows visitors and residents to enjoy all of Myrtle Beach's live music theatres and tourist attractions by day yet escape the traffic and crowds at night. Little River is alive with the best of everything.

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A Brief History. Indian tribes called the stream Mineola, meaning "Little River," and that became its name. The small, protected harbor was a haven for shipwreck survivors and pirated who needed a place for rest and repairs. Names like Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Anne Bonney and others are part of local lore. Little River was the first village established within Horry County.

According to the highway marker south of Little River, Reverend George Whitefield "the firey Oxford Methodist," visited the village in 1740 confirming the fact of a settlement before that date. President George Washington dined with James Cochran in Little River in April 1791 as he traveled on his southern tour.

An 1828 atlas lists Conwayborough and Little River as the only two villages in the county. Travel between the two was difficult because of the marshes and river swamps. For a time Little River was called "Yankee Town" by the rest of the county, because a few people from New England had come to live here.

The village became a prosperous port in the 1850s, shipping fine lumber and naval stores to Northernmarkets. Little River had a sawmill, warehouses, stores, a school and a bank. Several churches were organized and people built nice homes. The Civil War wiped out this progress. Instead, a salt works produced salt (and possibly gunpowder) for the Confederate Army until it was burned by Union forces. The Union also halted shipping and fishing with a coastal blockade.

Steamers resumed regular runs through Little River by the late 1800s. A large lumber mill employed 300 men. Men cut and oxen pulled logs and floated them downriver to the mill.

For generations the Stone family ran a dry goods store in Little River that carried everything from candy to caskets. They were also heavily involved in the Little River Methodist Church. It has since been moved and made into one of the area's finest restaurants, The Parson's Table.

Population (year 2000): 7,027
Males: 3,380 (48.1%), Females: 3,647 (51.9%)

Elevation: 25 feet

County: Horry

Land area: 10.5 square miles

Zip code: 29566

Median resident age: 49.0 years
Median household income: $40,427 (year 2000)
Median house value: $127,200 (year 2000)

Races in Little River:

Ancestries: German (15.6%), Irish (13.1%), English (12.1%), United States (9.9%), Italian (6.4%), Scotch-Irish (5.3%).

For population 25 years and over in Little River CDP

High school or higher: 89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%
Unemployed: 3.4%
Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Little River CDP

Never married: 13.4%
Now married: 63.9%
Separated: 1.9%
Widowed: 6.5%
Divorced: 14.3%

2.7% Foreign born (1.1% North America, 0.8% Europe, 0.5% Latin America, 0.4% Asia).

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