About Bucksport

Bucksport is located in southwestern Horry County, between Conway and Georgetown. It is a port on the Intracoastal Waterway at the merger point with the Waccamaw River.

Little Known Facts

Population

Population in 2010: 876. Population change since 2000: -21.6%

Nearest Known City

Myrtle Beach is the largest city near Bucksport. Here is a map of the Myrtle Beach area.

Churches

Jerusalem Church (A), Grace Chapel (B), Salem Church (C), Mount Moriah Church (D), Waccamaw Church

James R. Frazier

The Bucksport Community Center is named after James R. Frazier, who served as the County Councilman for the Bucksport District and was very instrumental in the funding and construction of the Community Center.

Quick Historical Facts

Henry Buck of Bucksport, Maine moved to South Carolina in the 1820s to start lumber mills; Horry County had a significant timber industry with its cypress, pine and hardwood forests. One of Buck's mills was in what became Bucksport. Sawmills in Bucksport and Bucksville produced 3 million board feet of lumber annually by 1850. Buck used his ships to transport lumber to Georgetown and Charleston in South Carolina and as far away as New York City and Boston, and even to other countries. Lumber from Buck's operation even went into the construction of theBrooklyn Bridge. The Independent Republic Quarterly said, "By 1860, due largely to Bucksville and Bucksport, Horry District had become one of the five greatest timber-producing districts in the state."