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Welcome to Bee ...

Bee is located in Pierce County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bee, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Bee is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bee lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Bee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Bee - they are located in Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Bee ...

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

  • Tacoma
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Federal Way
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakewood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lacey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
    • Lacey is located in Thurston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,178 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lacey <3>
  • Olympia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Puyallup
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • University Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Tumwater
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Edgewood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Gig Harbor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bee ...

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

Adding Bee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bee in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bee post office opened in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Pierce, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bee - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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