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Hilton Head Island, often referred to as simply Hilton Head, is a Lowcountry resort town and barrier island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. [8] It is 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Savannah, Georgia (as the crow flies), and 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Charleston .
The Hilton Head Island metropolitan area, officially the Hilton Head Island–Bluffton–Port Royal, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the United States Census Bureau, [2] is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of the two southernmost counties in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina, centered on the resort town of Hilton Head Island.
Beaufort County (/ ˈ b juː f ər t / BEW-fərt) is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 187,117. [1] Its county seat is Beaufort and its largest community is Hilton Head Island. [2] Beaufort County is part of the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
On Hilton Head Island, US 278 was previously routed along what is now US 278 Business until a new toll road, named the Cross Island Parkway, opened on January 16, 1998. [8] The 6.8-mile (10.9 km) section of roadway [ 8 ] cost $83 million to build and was funded with a combination of state funds, federal funds, state highway bonds and tolls.
The Bluffton Township Fire District was created in 1978, and is comprised all of the land in Beaufort County south of the Broad River except Jenkins Island, Hilton Head Island and Daufuskie Island. In 1994, Jenkins Island was added. [50] There are nine fire stations in the Bluffton Township Fire District. [51]
Hilton Head’s population is plateauing after immense growth in the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s. The island population grew 11% between 2000 and 2020 compared to Bluffton’s 2,074%.