Conway Real Estate Area Information and Homes for Sale in Horry County, SC.

Conway

Conway offers a blend of older neighborhoods and newer developments with many amenities. Established neighborhoods include Country Club Forest, Snowhill, Forest Lakes Estates, Kingston Greens, Sherwood Forest, Carolina Pines, Castlewood, Quail Creek, Chicora, College Park, Southcreek, Jasmine Woods and Windmeadows. Newer subdivisions include South Lakes, Wild Rose, Ivy Glen, and Country Club Estates.

Historic Conway's live oaks are one of the most prized possessions. All of the historic oaks measure from the smallest at 6-foot circumference to an amazing 20-foot circumference. Touted as "Conway's Oldest Citizens," the live oaks are ornamented by Spanish Moss and Resurrection Ferns.

While tourism has played an important role in present day Conway, it has been its residents and local officials who have made the city’s rebirth possible. In the late 1940s, the Chamber of Commerce proudly proclaimed "Life is Pleasant in Conway." More than 50 years later, that simple statement is still true. With careful planning, the impact of tourism has been a positive one. Through the combined marketing efforts of the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce, Conway Main Street U.S.A. and the City of Conway, visitors are seeing Conway in a different light.

Festivals and community events sponsored by Conway Main Street, such as the Rivertown Jazz & Blues Festival, Gospel on the Green, and A Rivertown Christmas, offer something for everyone. Additional shopping and dining opportunities with small town hospitality are a plus to all.

There are many reasons to visit Conway: to follow the Historic Trail map for a self-guided tour of stately old homes, picturesque churches and more than a dozen buildings and sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places; for a leisurely stroll along the Riverwalk to view Conway's oldest landmark, the Waccamaw River; for a narrated historic river boat tour that departs the Conway Marina daily; for a visit to new shopping malls bustling with activity on the town's outskirts or the unique shops of the historic downtown business district; for dinner in eateries that offer dining experiences which range from home style cooking to cuisine that satisfies the most adventurous palates; or for the trees, the huge moss-draped live oaks standing along avenues where vehicular traffic yields the right-of-way as the huge trees stand defiantly in the middle of the street or just out from curbs.

Recreational opportunities abound. The Waccamaw River runs through downtown Conway and supports such water activities as boating, skiing, hydrosliding and jet skiing. In addition, the Waccamaw River is an excellent haven for fishermen. Two marinas -- one public and one private -- are available in the downtown area. Within the numerous wooded sections of the area, one will find ample game. Deer and duck seasons bring hunting enthusiasts from all around.

The Conway Recreation Department oversees organized sports for adults and children on a year-round basis. Everything from baseball, football and basketball to activities for Senior Citizens is available to the public. The City maintains Collins Memorial Park, a very attractive area near downtown, featuring tennis courts, picnic shelters and children's playground equipment. The City also maintains the Riverfront Tennis Center, a lighted facility with five clay courts and a pro shop.

For golf fans, several excellent courses await. Conway Golf Course, located within the city limits, is a 9-hole course that is very popular among residents of the area. The Links Burning Ridge, The Links Quail Creek, The Witch, Myrtle Beach National and Wild Wing Plantation offer 198 more holes. The area is known as the golf capital of the world.

Conway Hospital, which has served the area since 1928, is a private, non-profit institution that opened its new facilities in 1982. With more than 100 physicians making rounds among 160 comfortable, private rooms, patients feel assured that they will receive the best of care.

Conway's first European settlers were Irish immigrants who carved out a new life for themselves amid the wilderness of Colonial America. Prior to the Europeans, South Carolina's Waccamaw Indians populated the area. The town was originally named Kingston to honor Great Britain's King George I. During the Revolutionary War, Brigadier General Francis Marion -- "the Swamp Fox of the Revolution" -- operated in the region, waging a monumental campaign for American freedom.

Following independence, the town was renamed Conwayborough (later shortened to Conway) in honor of Robert Conway, a veteran of the Revolution and a prominent local legislator. Led by hardworking townsmen and independent-minded farmers, Conway eventually flourished as South Carolina's outpost on the Waccamaw. During the War Between the States, most of its young men went off to fight for Southern independence.

In the 1870s, Conway boomed as an export center for timber products, shipping tar, pitch, turpentine, and pine lumber around the world. The railroad came to Conway in 1887, and a few years later a group of Conway businessmen extended it to the coast, launching what is now Myrtle Beach.

Today, Conway is a pleasant, riverside town of quiet neighborhoods, historic structures, and moss-shrouded live oak trees. The best of the Old South's charm lives today in picturesque Conway, South Carolina's Historic Rivertown.