Honeybee, Kentucky

Honeybee, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Honeybee is located in Kentucky
Honeybee
Honeybee
Honeybee is located in the United States
Honeybee
Honeybee
Coordinates: 36°50′29″N 84°22′20″W / 36.84139°N 84.37222°W / 36.84139; -84.37222
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyMcCreary
Elevation
1,247 ft (380 m)
Time zoneUTC-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]

References

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


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