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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 .
Charles Elbert Fraser (June 13, 1929 – December 15, 2002) was an American real estate developer whose vision helped transform South Carolina's Hilton Head Island from a sparsely populated sea island into a world-class resort.
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.
US 17 has had slight variations over its history in South Carolina. US 17 once traversed the Cooper River on the John P. Grace and Silas N. Pearman memorial bridges before the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge replaced both in 2005. [4] US 17 also ran through downtown Myrtle Beach before the new bypass route was finished in order to alleviate heavy ...
On Hilton Head Island, US 278 was previously routed along what is now US 278 Business until a new toll road, named the Cross Island Parkway, opened on January 16, 1998. [8] The 6.8-mile (10.9 km) section of roadway [ 8 ] cost $83 million to build and was funded with a combination of state funds, federal funds, state highway bonds and tolls.
Hilton Head Councilman Alex Brown, whose ward includes Port Royal Plaza, said a grocery store like Lowes would be a blessing to residents who have been in a food desert since Bi-Lo closed in 2019 ...
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.
Harbour Town Golf Links is a public golf course in the eastern United States, located in South Carolina in Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island in Beaufort County. Since 1969, it has hosted the RBC Heritage on the PGA Tour, usually in mid-April, the week after The Masters. [2] [3]