Loris is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,396 at the 2010 census, up from 2,079 in 2000. Loris was founded on December 7, 1887 as a railroad town, originally serving the Wilmington, Chadbourn, and Conway Railroad. Loris was later incorporated on July 26, 1902. The first brick building, which housed the Bank of Loris, opened in 1907. Telephone lines to Conway were first used in 1909. The town grew steadily in the 1920's and 1930's; a high school opened in 1920, and by the 1930's, Loris had around 1,000 residents. In the 1970's, Loris legally became a city.
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