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Welcome to Honeybee ...

Honeybee is located in McCreary County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Honeybee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Honeybee is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Honeybee: 606

Communities near Honeybee ...

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

  • Corbin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Williamsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Burnside
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wiborg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Wiborg is located in McCreary County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
  • Greenwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Greenwood is located in McCreary County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Marshes Siding
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
  • Whitley City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Alpine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Alpine is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Liberty
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty is located in Whitley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Sloans Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Honeybee ...

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

Adding Honeybee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Honeybee 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 Honeybee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Honeybee post office opened in 1905. The Honeybee post office closed in 1983.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Honeybee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including McCreary, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Honeybee - 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/