Editing McBee, South Carolina (section)

===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, South Carolina|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]].<ref name="depot-marker">[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=28265 Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot; hmdb.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/chesterfield-county/mcbee-library-railroad-museum.html McBee Library and Railroad Museum; sciway.net]</ref><ref>{{NRHP url|id=99000103|title=Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot in McBee; NRHP.}}</ref> 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 in South Carolina|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, South Carolina|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, South Carolina|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.