THE MURRELLS INLET LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Carolina Flatwoods setting.
Murrells Inlet CDP has 7.32 square miles of land in Georgetown County. Its Census reference point is in Carolina Flatwoods, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Murrells Inlet and Georgetown County
Murrells Inlet is associated with Georgetown County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Murrells Inlet by land and water
The Census records 0.16 square miles of water within Murrells Inlet, or 2.2% of its total area. It is 18.6 percentage points lower than the 20.7% recorded for Georgetown County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Murrells Inlet CDP has 1.4 times the land area of nearby Garden City CDP (5.35 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

