McBee /ˈmækbi/ is a town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States.

"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.

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.

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as the Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot in McBee.

In 1945, U.S. Route 1 through McBee was named the Blue Star Memorial Highway Number 6.

The ambulance was originally parked on the street corner in McBee and later at the Health Center prior to constructing the current squad building.

Prior to the ambulance, the only means of transport to the hospital was by personal vehicle or by the funeral home hearse, which had to come from Hartsville.

Approximately one year later McBee and Jefferson split and formed their own respective squads and each purchased an ambulance.

McBee is located in southwestern Chesterfield County at 34°28′4″N 80°15′29″W / 34.46778°N 80.25806°W / 34.46778; -80.25806 (34.467803, −80.258075),[9] in the Sandhills region of the Carolinas.

South Carolina Highway 145 splits off from US 1 just north of McBee and leads 25 miles (40 km) northeast to Chesterfield, the county seat.

According to the United States Census Bureau, McBee has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.3 km2), all land.

[8] While McBee is near a coastal area, hurricanes are not a major concern, but are possible in this part of South Carolina.