Folly Beach

Folly Beach is a lovely little beach town on a barrier island in . The beach is a popular surf spot and the town is a popular beach-going destination for residents and visitors alike, with lots of cozy beach cottages and a small but bustling business district.
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  • Type: Town with 2,080 residents
  • Description: city in South Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Folly Beach, SC” and “Folly Beach, South Carolina”
  • Postal code: 29439

Places of Interest

Highlights: Folly Island.

Island
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a barrier island in the Atlantic Ocean…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mosquito Beach Historic District.

Hamlet
The located… is situated 2½ miles northwest of Folly Beach.

Folly Beach

Latitude
32.6555° or 32° 39′ 20″ north
Longitude
-79.9408° or 79° 56′ 27″ west
Population
2,080
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US FYB
Open location code
8742M345+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158520656
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4578801
Wiki­data ID
Q1983620
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Folly Beach” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فولي بيتش”
  • Basque: “Folly Beach”
  • Catalan: “Folly Beach”
  • Cebuano: “Folly Beach”
  • Chechen: “Фолли-Бич”
  • Chinese: “富丽海滩”
  • Danish: “Folly Beach”
  • Dutch: “Folly Beach”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فولى بيتش”
  • French: “Folly Beach”
  • German: “Folly Beach”
  • Gilaki: “فالی بیچ (نسايي کارؤلينا)”
  • Gilaki: “فالی بیچ”
  • Haitian: “Folly Beach, Kawolin disid”
  • Irish: “Folly Beach”
  • Italian: “Folly Beach”
  • Ladin: “Folly Beach”
  • Malagasy: “Folly Beach, South Carolina”
  • Malagasy: “Folly Beach”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Folly Beach”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Folly Beach”
  • Norwegian: “Folly Beach”
  • Persian: “فالی بیچ”
  • Polish: “Folly Beach”
  • Portuguese: “Folly Beach”
  • Russian: “Фолли Бич”
  • Russian: “Фолли-Бич”
  • Serbian: “Фоли Бич”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Folly Beach, South Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Folly Beach”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فالی بیچ، گونئی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Folly Beach”
  • Tatar: “Фолли-Бич”
  • Turkish: “Folly Beach”
  • Ukrainian: “Фоллі-Біч”
  • Urdu: “فولی بیچ، جنوبی کیرولائنا”
  • Uzbek: “Folly Beach”
  • Volapük: “Folly Beach”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Folly Beach, South Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Folly Beach”
  • Welsh: “Folly Beach, De Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Folly Beach”

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