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Welcome to Crescent Beach ...

Crescent Beach is located in Horry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crescent Beach, you might consider that their post office opened in 1947.

A typical abbreviation for Crescent Beach: Crescent Bch.

Crescent Beach is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Crescent Beach lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Crescent Beach: 843 & 854<3>

Communities Also Named Crescent Beach ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Crescent Beach - they are located in British Columbia (2), Connecticut, Florida (2), Maine (2), Massachusetts (2), Minnesota, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ontario (2), Quebec and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crescent Beach.

Communities near Crescent Beach ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Crescent Beach.

  • Myrtle Beach
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Carolina Shores
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people
  • Sunset Beach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Calabash
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Calabash is located in Brunswick County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calabash
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,360 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calabash <4>
  • Ocean Isle Beach
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Briarcliffe Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Briarcliffe Acres is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliffe Acres
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
  • Arcadian Shores
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Creek Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Creek Village is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Village
  • Hand
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hand is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
  • Little River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Crescent Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crescent Beach.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Crescent Beach. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crescent Beach.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Crescent Beach. See our Newspapers Page for Crescent Beach.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crescent Beach ...

Looking for more information about Crescent Beach? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Crescent Beach, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Crescent Beach.

Adding Crescent Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crescent Beach in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Crescent Beach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Crescent Beach post office opened in 1947. The Crescent Beach post office closed in 1970.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crescent Beach.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Horry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crescent Beach - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 843 code has been Overlayed with the 854 area code. New phone numbers in the Crescent Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Crescent Beach area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/