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Pee Dee region of
South Carolina is the northeastern corner of the state. It is the area of the lower watershed of the
Pee Dee River, named after the
Pee Dee Native American tribe. Its center is
Florence, however the
Grand Strand, which includes the beaches running from the
North Carolina state line to the
Winyah Bay, is also considered a part of the region. The region is generally considered to include
Chesterfield,
Darlington,
Dillon,
Florence,
Georgetown,
Horry,
Lee,
Marion,
Marlboro,
Sumter, and
Williamsburg counties
On the coast, the area is predominantly involved in
tourism and
resorts with
beaches,
amusement parks, shopping,
fishing, and
golf. The area has become a major retirement center for the U.S., in part from its low cost of living and its many golf courses. The center of the
Grand Strand is
Myrtle Beach.
Inland is a belt featuring
rivers,
marshes,
carolina bays and sandy rises where
forestry is predominant, with pine
plantations and
baldcypress lumbering.
Further inland, on higher ground, but still of only slight relief, is an
agricultural belt of
tobacco,
cotton,
soybeans and
produce.
Florence, originally founded as a
railroad center is a small, but growing center of production of
pharmaceuticals, and other light industry. It is also known as a center of medical and dental care. The Pee Dee Region also produces
paper,
steel, and recreational vehicles.
The area is served by three commercial broadcast television stations,
WBTW,
WPDE, and
WFXB the first two with twin studios at Florence and Myrtle Beach, as well as an
educational television station substation, WHMC-TV, in
Conway, South Carolina. A Midlands station
WIS-TV also reaches the Pee Dee area, but, will be supplanted by a different
NBC affiliate,
WMBF-TV.
Daily newspapers include
The Sun News of Myrtle Beach and
The Morning News of Florence. The
Georgetown Times is published five times per week. The region is also served by the following weekly newspapers: the Marlboro Herald Advocate of
Bennettsville, the Lee County Observer of
Bishopville, The Cheraw Chronicle of
Cheraw, The Link of
Cheraw, the Horry Independent of
Conway, the News and Press of
Darlington, The Dillon Herald of
Dillon, The Messenger of
Hartsville, The Weekly Observer of
Hemingway, The News of
Kingstree, the Lake City News & Post of
Lake City, the Marion Star & Mullins Enterprise of
Marion, the Myrtle Beach Herald of
Myrtle Beach, the North Myrtle Beach Times of
North Myrtle Beach, the Pageland Progressive Journal of
Pageland, and the Coastal Observer of
Pawleys Island.
The Pee Dee Region is similar in boundaries to the original Williamsburg Township.
Alternate meaning
The
Pee Dee is also a derogatory nickname for the
Cleveland, Ohio Plain Dealer, a major Ohio newspaper.
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