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Welcome to Bee Spring ...

Bee Spring is located in Edmonson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bee Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

A typical abbreviation for Bee Spring: Bee Spg. (or less commonly used: Bee Spng. or Bee Sprng.)

Bee Spring is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bee Spring lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Bee Spring (for example, toward Campbellsville), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Bee Spring: 270 & 364<3>

The ZIP code for Bee Spring: 42207<4>

Communities near Bee Spring ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bee Spring ...

Looking for more information about Bee Spring? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Bee Spring, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bee Spring.

Adding Bee Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bee Spring 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 Spring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bee Spring post office opened in 1854.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Edmonson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bee Spring - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Bee Spring area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Bee Spring area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Bee Spring). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Bee Spring or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/