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Welcome to Ocean Drive Beach ...

Ocean Drive Beach is located in Horry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ocean Drive Beach, you might consider that their post office opened in 1948.

A typical abbreviation for Ocean Drive Beach: Ocean Dr. Bch.

Ocean Drive Beach is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ocean Drive Beach: 843 & 854<3>

Communities near Ocean Drive Beach ...

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

  • Myrtle Beach
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Carolina Shores
    (7 miles [11.3 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
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Calabash
    (7 miles [11.3 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
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Briarcliffe Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 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
  • Little River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Arcadian Shores
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hand
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hand is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
  • Longs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

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 Ocean Drive Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ocean Drive Beach.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ocean Drive 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 Ocean Drive Beach.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ocean Drive Beach ...

Looking for more information about Ocean Drive 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 Ocean Drive Beach, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ocean Drive Beach.

Adding Ocean Drive Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ocean Drive 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 Ocean Drive Beach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ocean Drive Beach post office opened in 1948. The Ocean Drive Beach post office closed in 1970.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ocean Drive 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 Ocean Drive 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 Ocean Drive Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Ocean Drive 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/