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Welcome to Busbee ...

Busbee is located in Buncombe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Busbee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Busbee is 2,280 feet [695 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Busbee is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Busbee: 828

Communities near Busbee ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Busbee ...

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

Adding Busbee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Busbee post office opened in 1873. The Busbee post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Busbee.

Footnotes ...

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