McBee, South Carolina
| McBee, South Carolina | |
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| Town | |
McBee Railroad Depot, built in 1914
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 Location of McBee, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates: 34°28′4″N 80°15′29″W / 34.46778°N 80.25806°WCoordinates: 34°28′4″N 80°15′29″W / 34.46778°N 80.25806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State |
 South Carolina
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| County | Chesterfield |
| Founded | October 8, 1901 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | John Capolong |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.3 sq mi (3.3 km2) |
| • Land | 1.3 sq mi (3.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 479 ft (146 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 867 |
| • Density | 679/sq mi (262.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 29101 |
| Area code(s) | 843 |
| FIPS code | 45-43495 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1231526 |
| Website | townofmcbeesc |
McBee /ˈmækbi/ is a town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 867. McBee is approximately 36 miles (58 km) northwest of Florence and 62 miles (100 km) northeast of Columbia.
McBee was named after a railroad executive, V.E. "Bunch" McBee, born July 26, 1849, in Greenville County, South Carolina. Bunch McBee was one of South Carolina's leading forces in the building of railroads, was responsible for the Columbia to Hamlet, North Carolina, line, which runs through McBee, and was at one time superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
In 1900, McBee's first railroad depot was built. About one year later on October 8, 1901, McBee was incorporated. On June 30, 1901, McBee Presbyterian Church was built, the first church in McBee. Six years later in 1907 McBee's second church, McBee Methodist Church, was built.
After the Seaboard's Columbia-to-Cheraw line was completed in 1900, McBee grew so quickly that a new depot became a high priority by the end of the decade. In 1914, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad built a second depot in McBee. This was both a passenger and freight depot until it closed in 1971. Now it is the McBee Depot Library and Railroad Museum. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as the Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot in McBee. In 1980, the railroard became a subsidiary of the newly created CSX Corporation, and in 1986 the Seaboard name was changed to CSX Transportation.
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