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Welcome to Bee Lick ...

Bee Lick is primarily located in Pulaski County<1>. A portion of Bee Lick extends into Rockcastle County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bee Lick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861.

Bee Lick is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Bee Lick: 606

Communities near Bee Lick ...

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

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 Bee Lick. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bee Lick.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bee Lick. 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 Bee Lick.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bee Lick ...

Looking for more information about Bee Lick? 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 Bee Lick, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bee Lick.

Adding Bee Lick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bee Lick 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 (so far) for Bee Lick was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bee Lick post office opened in 1861. The Bee Lick post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bee Lick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Pulaski, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bee Lick - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/