Do you know of Big Bottom ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Big Bottom. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Big Bottom.<1>

Our sources for Big Bottom (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Big Bottom other than they indicate that Big Bottom would be found somewhere in Independence County, Arkansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1857 and closed in 1880.

Communities Also Named Big Bottom ...

We found three communities that share the name Big Bottom.

Within Arkansas, the name Big Bottom is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
  - Morgan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Big Bottom [Morgan County].
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Big Bottom [Washington County].
- South Dakota
  - Meade County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Big Bottom [Meade County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Big Bottom ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Big Bottom:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers

More Orphans in Independence County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Independence County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Big Bottom could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/