<P> Around 1900 , a contest was held to name the area and Burroughs ' wife suggested honoring the locally abundant shrub , the Southern Wax Myrtle ( Myrica cerifera ) . The Withers post office changed its name to Myrtle Beach soon afterward . It incorporated as a town in 1938 and as a city in 1957 . </P>
<P> Around 1900 , a contest was held to name the area and Burroughs ' wife suggested honoring the locally abundant shrub , the Southern Wax Myrtle ( Myrica cerifera ) . The Withers post office changed its name to Myrtle Beach soon afterward . It incorporated as a town in 1938 and as a city in 1957 . </P>
where did the name myrtle beach come from
where did the name myrtle beach come from
the locally abundant shrub , the Southern Wax Myrtle ( Myrica cerifera )
the locally abundant shrub , the Southern Wax Myrtle ( Myrica cerifera )