Welcome to Big Bug ...
So far, we found very little information about Big Bug. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Big Bug to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Big Bug, please Contact Us.
Big Bug would have been located within present day Yavapai County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Bug, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.
Time Zone: The area where Big Bug was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time
The Area Code where Big Bug was located: 928
Communities near Big Bug ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Big Bug.
- Dewey - Humboldt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cordes ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bumble Bee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cleator ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stoddard ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stoddard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Stoddard is located in Yavapai County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Stoddard
- From Big Bug to Stoddard
- Mayer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middleton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Middleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Middleton is located in Yavapai County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Middleton
- From Big Bug to Middleton
- Poland Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crown King
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Bug. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Big Bug.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Big Bug. 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 Bug.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Bug. See our Newspapers Page for Big Bug.
Adding Big Bug to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Big Bug was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Big Bug post office opened in 1879 and with the post office name of Bigbug.
We also found Big Bug in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Big Bug.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Big Bug, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Yavapai, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |