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Welcome to Big Chimney ...Big Chimney is located in Kanawha County<1>. The location of Big Chimney has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Chimney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905. Big Chimney is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Big Chimney lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Big Chimney: (304) & (681)<4> Communities near Big Chimney ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Big Chimney.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Big Chimney. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Big Chimney. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Big Chimney. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Big Chimney. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Chimney. See our Newspapers Page for Big Chimney. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Big Chimney ...Looking for more information about Big Chimney? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Big Chimney, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Big Chimney. Adding Big Chimney to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Big Chimney in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Big Chimney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Big Chimney on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Big Chimney. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Big Chimney. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Kanawha County: www.kanawha.us/ The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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