Honeybee, Kentucky

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Honeybee, Kentucky
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Coordinates: 36°50′29″N84°22′20″W / 36.84139°N 84.37222°W / 36.84139; -84.37222 Coordinates: 36°50′29″N84°22′20″W / 36.84139°N 84.37222°W / 36.84139; -84.37222
Country United States
State Kentucky
County McCreary
Elevation
1,247 ft (380 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID512765 [1]

Honeybee is an unincorporated community in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office closed in 1983. [2]

A post office was established in the community in 1905. The place name Honeybee derives from the large populations of honey bees found in the area. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Honeybee, Kentucky
  2. http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt011.cfm%5B%5D
  3. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 143. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved April 28, 2013.