High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Murrells Inlet is a seaside town in Georgetown County, and Horry County, South Carolina, United States that is considered to be the "Seafood Capital of South Carolina", but is also home to some of the nation`s finest golf courses. The population was 8,547 at the 2010 census. The town was once primarily a fishing village, but has grown substantially in modern time, along with the rest of the Grand Strand into a popular tourist and retirement location. It is most known for the Murrells Inlet Marshwalk—the 1/2 mile long boardwalk overlooking a pristine saltmarsh—and the many award-winning seafood and barbecue restaurants along Highway 17 Business in the central business district.