Near North Myrtle Beach in Horry County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Fort Randall

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025

1. Fort Randall Marker

Inscription. Located about 5 miles E. of here, this Confederate fort included a blockhouse pierced for musketry and earthworks surrounded by a ditch about 10 ft. broad and 5 ft. deep. The fort was captured Jan 1863 by U.S. Navy Lt. Wm. B. Cushing and twenty-five men while looking for blockage-runner pilots. Cushing held the fort briefly until his supply of ammunition was exhausted.

Erected 1976 by the Horry County Historic Preservation Commission. (Marker Number 26-4.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1863.

Location. 33° 50.559′ N, 78° 38.888′ W. Marker is near North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in Horry County. It is at the intersection of Sea Mountain Highway (South Carolina Route 9) and Hill Street, on the right when traveling north on Sea Mountain Highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1201 Sea Mountain Hwy, North Myrtle Beach SC 29582, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on South Carolina’s Grand Strand

and in the Pee Dee.

It is also

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in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sonny’s Pavilion (approx. 1.1 miles away); Chestnut Consolidated School (approx. 1.9 miles away); Roberts Pavilion / Ocean Drive Pavilion (approx. 2.2 miles away); Village of Little River (approx. 3 miles away); Rebecca Randall Bryan (approx. 3.1 miles away).

More about this marker. The marker was originally placed near 33° 50.7′ N, 78° 39.283′, at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Sea Mountain Highway (South Carolina Highway 9), on the right when traveling north on U.S. 17. It was in the median formed by the Cherry Grove Beach off-ramp to southbound Sea Mountain Highway. See photo No. 3.

Also see . . . Fort Randal, Little River Neck, Horry County, South Carolina.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025

2. Fort Randall Marker

Marker faces Sea Mountain Highway.

2005 monograph by Ben Burroughs, Research Specialist at the Burroughs & Chapin Center for Marine and Wetland Studies, Coastal Carolina University. (Submitted on February 7, 2007.)

Additional keywords. Lieutenant William B. Cushing

Fort Randall Marker at its Original Location image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, February 7, 2007

3. Fort Randall Marker at its Original Location

U.S. 17 is on the left while the off-ramp to Cherry Grove Beach is on the right. The sign behind the marker reads "Thank you for visiting North Myrtle Beach."

Credits. This page was last revised on April 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2007, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 7,234 times since then and 322 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 2, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 3. submitted on February 7, 2007, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.

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