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In recent years, Hilton Head has also developed a large permanent resident population. Hilton Head Island, which has an area of approximately 55 square miles (140 km 2), had a year-round population of 37,661 at the 2020 census, [3] although during the peak of summer vacation season the population can swell to 150,000. [4]
The boundary description was clarified in 1877 as "[b]eing the Island so named, and other Islands to the south and east of Head Harbour passage, but west of Grand Manan." [ 19 ] The name appeared in government acts as Campo Bello in 1850, [ 20 ] 1854, [ 21 ] 1877, [ 19 ] and 1896, [ 22 ] finally appearing as Campobello in 1903.
1959: William Hilton Inn, a 56-room hotel on present-day site of Marriott's Grande Ocean Resort, is opened. 1960: The Ocean Course in Sea Pines is built, the first golf course on Hilton Head. 1967-69: Harbour Town, with its signature red-and-white striped lighthouse, is built.
The Hilton Head Island metropolitan area, officially the Hilton Head Island–Bluffton–Port Royal, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the United States Census Bureau, [2] is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of the two southernmost counties in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina, centered on the resort town of Hilton Head Island.
Since Jan. 1, 2018, nine pedestrians or cyclists have been killed on Hilton Head, by the town’s count. In January this year, Michigan native Steven Younce was struck and killed while crossing U ...
Hilton Head Island’s Top Dawg Tavern in Shelter Cove Harbour and Marina expanded to add a pizzeria last month. Owners Renee and Brett Summers opened the pizzeria next to the water-front tavern ...
Hilton Head Island, often referred to as simply Hilton Head, is a Lowcountry resort town and barrier island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. [8] It is 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Savannah, Georgia (as the crow flies), and 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Charleston .
Building of Harbour Town Lighthouse was started in 1969 by Charles Fraser and completed in 1970. [4] It is an octagonal column with a red observation deck or gallery below the lantern. The column is stucco on metal lath over plywood with a height of 93 feet (28 m). Its daymark is alternating red and white bands. It has a white light that ...