Pee Dee
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Names in other languages
- caPee Dee (comtat de Montgomery)
- 中文皮迪 (北卡羅萊納州蒙哥馬利縣)
- EnglishPee Dee
- FrançaisPee Dee
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The Pee Dee is a region in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It lies along the lower watershed of the Pee Dee River, which was named after the Pee Dee, an Indigenous tribe historically inhabiting the region.
The Pee Dee is a region in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It lies along the lower watershed of the Pee Dee River, which was named after the Pee Dee, an Indigenous tribe historically inhabiting the region.
History
The region was the homeland of the Pedee Native Americans, a people who originally occupied the area as part of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture from about 1000 to 1400, leaving the region for unknown reasons. Today, several nonprofit organizations have been recognized by South Carolina as descendants of the historic Pee Dee, including two state-recognized tribes and one state-recognized group. However, none of these organizations are federally recognized.
Economy
The region's largest county is Horry. It encompasses the Grand Strand, which includes the beaches running from the North Carolina state border to the Winyah Bay in Georgetown County in South Carolina. On the coast, the economy is dominated by tourism, and features beaches, amusement parks, shopping, fishing, and golf. The area has become a major retirement center in the United States, in part because of its low cost of living, mild weather, and numerous golf courses. Inland is a belt featuring rivers, marshes, Carolina bays, and sandy rises where forestry is predominant. There are pine plantations and bald cypress timbering. Further inland, on higher ground, but still of only slight relief, is an agricultural belt of cultivation of tobacco, cotton, soybeans and produce. The region, especially the inland portion, remained mostly rural well into the 20th century. As late as the 1970s, it was still so rural that Florence's second television station, WPDE-TV, obtained a Farmers Home Administration loan to build a studio and tower.
Major highways
I-20 I-95 Future I-73 US 1 US 15 US 17 US 52 US 76 US 301 US 378 US 401 US 501 US 521 US 701 SC 22 SC 31 SC 9 SC 38 SC 41 & SC Highway 41 ALT SC 51 SC 145 SC 151 SC 177 SC 261
See also
Early history of Williamsburg, South Carolina Pee Dee Area Council Peedee Formation The Cheraws Waxhaws
References
External links
Pee Dee Tourism Commission
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