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Socastee is located at (33.686244, -78.992588). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 36.0 km sq (13.9 square miles). 34.6 km sq (13.4 mi sq) of it is land and 1.4 km sq (0.5 mi sq) of it (3.81%) is water. History origins Socastee is considerd a local township though for a number of decades the city of Myrtle Beach has been trying to annex the Township into the city, the Socastee name was the name of a minor Indian tribe. A swamp and a community in Horry County are also known by this name. The Intracoastal Waterway now follows the swamp for some miles. Wampee is the name of a community in the northeast section of Horry County. The word is of Indian origin and is said to denote wild rice. Gualdape was the Indian name for the present lower Waccamaw River on which in 1526 the Spaniards located their first settlement, San Miguel de Guadalupe. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socastee%2C_South_Carolina
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