McBee
McBee is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Cecil McBee (born 1935), American jazz musician *Deron McBee (born 1961), American actor * Lee McBee (1951–2014), American blues musician and singer * Pryor McBee (1901–1963), American baseball player * Rives McBee (born 1938), American golfer *Thomas Page McBee, American author * Vardry McBee (1775–1864), American businessman, philanthropist and city founder See also * McBee, South Carolina * Royal McBee, early computer manufacturer *McBee card Edge-notched cards or edge-punched cards are a system used to store a small amount of binary or logical data on paper index cards, encoded via the presence or absence of notches in the edges of the cards. The notches allowed efficient sorting and s ...

McBee, South Carolina
McBee is a town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 867. McBee is approximately northwest of Florence and northeast of Columbia. History Origin 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. 20th century 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 hi ...