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McBee '/m//æ//k//b//i/ is a town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 867. McBee is approximately 36 mile (58 km) northwest of Florence and 62 mile (100 km) northeast of Columbia.

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.

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 high priority by the end of the decade. In 1914, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad built a second depot in McBee. This was both a passenger and freight depot until it closed in 1971. Now it is the McBee Depot Library and Railroad Museum. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as the Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot in McBee. In 1980, the railroad became a subsidiary of the newly created CSX Corporation, and in 1986 the Seaboard name was changed to CSX Transportation. In 1945, U. S. Route 1 through McBee was named the Blue Star Memorial Highway Number 6. McBee Rescue was originally formed in 1962 as a joint venture with Jefferson Rescue to fill the need of rescue ambulance service in the area. The ambulance was rotated between McBee and Jefferson and responded to the appropriate area as needed. 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. In 1973, the town of McBee purchased a second engine for the McBee Fire Department. In 1986, Alligator Fire District was formed with McBee Fire Department.

In 2001, McBee celebrated its 100 year anniversary. In 2001 McBee Elementary School was re modeled. Following the completion of the elementary school, in 2005 McBee High School also was re modeled. In 2012 McBee built a recreational complex that consists of four baseball diamonds, a football field, a soccer field, a walking trail, and a practice football field. In 2013 McBee launched their official website. Nestle Waters of North American, completed their bottled water facility in 2016, creating 27 jobs in McBee.

McBee is located in southwestern Chesterfield County at (34.467803, −80.258075), in the Sandhills region of the Carolinas. U. S. Route 1 passes through the center of town, leading southwest 27 mile (43 km) to Camden and northeast 28 mile (45 km) to Cheraw. South Carolina Highway 151 crosses US 1 in the center of town, leading northwest 16 mile (26 km) to Jefferson and southeast 14 mile (23 km) to Hartsville. South Carolina Highway 145 splits off from US 1 just north of McBee and leads 25 mile (40 km) northeast to Chesterfield, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, McBee has a total area of , all land.

+McBee racial compositionRaceNum. Perc. White (non Hispanic)43457.26%Black or African American (non Hispanic)25433.51%Native American10.13%Asian10.13%Other/Mixed314.09%Hispanic or Latino374.88%
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 758 people, 365 households, and 275 families residing in the town.

South Carolina Highway 151 is a state highway that runs northwest to southeast through the town. McBee is approximately the halfway point between Charlotte and Myrtle Beach. U. S. Route 1 runs southwest to northeast through the town. The road runs from Fort Kent, Maine, to Key West, Florida. In 1945, the straight of U. S. Route 1 going through McBee was named a Blue Star Memorial Highway Number 6.

On January 1, 1900, McBee was reached by the railroad! In September 1899 construction had begun on the Chesterfield and Kershaw Railroad starting in Cheraw. Construction was completed to Camden by May 10, 1900, by the Raleigh and Gaston RR, 55 miles. Both railroad companies were merged into the new Seaboard Air Line Railway November 1, 1901. (Cariker, S. David, 1985, "Railroading in the Carolina Sandhills: Volume 1", page 119.) In July 1902 McBee became the starting point of construction of the Columbia, Monroe, and Charlotte Railroad, just south of Poplar Avenue. It was completed in 1903 from McBee to Junction, Diggs, Lee, Clark [Angelus], Miller and Jefferson, 17.16 miles. It came under Seaboard Air Line control April 6, 1914, but never with a profitably year. It operated 38 years until February 3, 1940, and was formally abandoned October 24, 1940, and dismantled in 1945. (Cariker, S. David, 1987, "Railroading in the Carolina Sandhills: Volume 2", page 32 33, 124.) On March 30, 1910, McBee became the starting point of construction of the South Carolina Western Railway, just north of Poplar Avenue. It was completed and opened January 1, 1911, to Hartsville. The company was absorbed into the Seaboard Air Line April 6, 1914. The line has been in service until recently and is slated to be dismantled in 2024. (Cariker, S. David, 1987, "Railroading in the Carolina Sandhills: Volume 2, page 84")