Welcome to Barbee ...

Barbee is located in Kosciusko County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barbee, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

Barbee is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Barbee lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Barbee (for example, toward Hamlet), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Communities Also Named Barbee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Barbee - it's located in Mississippi.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barbee.

Communities near Barbee ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barbee.

• Columbia City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia City
  • Columbia City is located in Whitley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,416 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia City <4>
• Nappanee
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nappanee
  • Nappanee is located in Elkhart County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,845 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nappanee <4>
• Winona Lake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Lake
  • Winona Lake is located in Kosciusko County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,890 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona Lake <4>
• Ligonier
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ligonier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligonier
  • Ligonier is located in Noble County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,411 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ligonier <4>
• Syracuse
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Syracuse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
  • Syracuse is located in Kosciusko County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,856 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Syracuse <4>
• Albion
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
  • Albion is located in Noble County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,370 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <4>
• South Whitley
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Whitley
  • South Whitley is located in Whitley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Whitley <4>
• Milford
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
  • Milford is located in Kosciusko County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
• Topeka
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topeka
  • Topeka is located in LaGrange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,244 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Topeka <4>
• Pierceton
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierceton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceton
  • Pierceton is located in Kosciusko County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,012 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierceton <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Barbee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barbee.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barbee. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barbee.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barbee. See our Newspapers Page for Barbee.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barbee ...

Looking for more information about Barbee? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Barbee, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Barbee.

Adding Barbee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barbee in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Barbee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Barbee post office opened in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barbee.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Barbee. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Kosciusko County: www.kcgov.com/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov