Bee is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in
Johnston County,
Oklahoma
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, United States. The population was 135 as of the
2020 Census.
Bee is generally situated southeast of
Tishomingo and northwest of
Durant, located southwest of
State Highway 22 and west of
State Highway 78, while bordered on its west by the far northern end of
Lake Texoma.
The
Fort Washita Historic Site is just to the southeast.
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History
The community was intended to be named after Dee Taylor, the daughter of two early settlers; however, the U.S. Post Office Department changed the name to "Bee". Its post office operated from April 5, 1889, until June 15, 1918.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau
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, the community has an area of ; of its area is land, and is water.
Demographics
References
Unincorporated communities in Johnston County, Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
Census-designated places in Johnston County, Oklahoma
Census-designated places in Oklahoma
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