Bee Oklahoma Map

About Bee, Oklahoma

Bee is a locality in Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 135. The population density is 40.0 people per km². Bee is located at 34.1220°N, 96.5722°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74748.

Bee sits quietly upon the red earth of the southern plains, defined by the persistent, rhythmic cutting of Butcher Pen Creek as it carves through the local terrain. It lies 14.5 miles northwest of Durant, OK (from Durant, OK: bearing 308°T), and is situated 10.0 miles southeast of Tishomingo. The horizon here is wide and unencumbered, where the sky presses down with a heavy, golden clarity during the long afternoons, illuminating the grasses that shiver in the constant wind. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the land transitions into a patchwork of scrub and pasture, occasionally shadowed by the distant, hazy silhouette of Teller Mountain rising in the west. The air carries a singular, dry weight, untempered by any cooling influence from a large body of water, leaving the landscape to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has begun its descent toward Twelvemile Prairie.

History in Bee remains anchored in the remnants of a rural economy that once looked toward the soil and the slow, steady labor of the land. While the modern pace is measured by the quiet passage of vehicles on local roads, the surrounding region keeps the memory of its earlier days alive through the stubborn resilience of its homesteads and the remnants of old agricultural routes. Residents often look toward the broader expanse of the state for recreation, occasionally traveling toward the recreational reaches of Lake Texoma State Resort Park or finding a momentary stillness near the edges of Dicks Pond. Life here moves with a quiet, deliberate focus, shaped by a geography that demands patience and a deep, unspoken familiarity with the shifting colors of the plains.

About This Bee Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bee, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 34.12204, -96.57222. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bee includes the ZIP code (74748), telephone area code (918), county seat of Johnston County (Tishomingo), and school district assignment (Tishomingo Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.