About the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina

If ocean breezes, beaches, amusement parks, shopping, fishing, and golf are what you are looking for in a community, then the Pee Dee region is right for you. Named after the Pee Dee Native American tribe that occupied this area in historic times, this area includes Murrells Inlet, Myrtle Beach, Longs, and Florence.

  • Myrtle Beach, with 100 golf courses, is also called the Golf Capital of the World. For sports lovers, the area is home to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans baseball, a Chicago Cubs farm franchise, and the Myrtle Beach FC, a pro soccer team playing in the National Premier Soccer League. The largest university is Coastal Carolina University, a national sea-grant institution that owns part of a barrier island, which serves as a natural laboratory.
  • Murrells Inlet, once a sleepy fishing village, has grown along with the rest of the Grand Strand into a popular tourist and retirement area. It is known for its Murrells Inlet Marshwalk, a ½-mile long boardwalk overlooking a salt marsh.
  • Florence, the furthest inland, forms the core of the historical “Pee Dee” region of South Carolina. Its location at the intersection of I-95 and I-20, approximately halfway between New York City and Miami, Florida, has welcomed nine foreign affiliated companies and fourteen Fortune 500 companies to the region. Institutions of higher education in a and around Florence include Francis Marion University and Florence-Darlington Technical College.

Catholic Schools in the Pee Dee Region

Holy Trinity Catholic School (K4-5)
1100 8th Ave. North
N. Myrtle Beach, SC 29582
843-390-4108

St. Andrews Catholic School (K-8)
3601 N. Kings Highway
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
843-448-6062

St. Michael Catholic School (PK3-6)
542 Cypress Avenue
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
843-651-6795

St. Anthony Catholic School (PK3-8)
2536 W. Hoffmeyer Road
Florence, SC 29501
843-662-1910

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School
(6-12)
1300 Carolina Forest Blvd.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
843-903-1400