Welcome to Big Bend ...

So far, we found very little information about Big Bend. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Big Bend to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Big Bend - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Big Bend, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Big Bend , we believe that it would have been located within present day Calaveras County<2>.

Time Zone: The area where Big Bend was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Big Bend was located: 209 & 350<3>

Communities Also Named Big Bend ...

While we believe that this Big Bend is located in Calaveras County, we know of another 4 California communities named Big Bend. Those communities are located in the following counties: Butte, Placer, Shasta and Sonoma County.

Beyond California, there are 23 communities that are also named Big Bend - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kansas (3), Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania (3), South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Big Bend.

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 Bend, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Calaveras, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Big Bend area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Big Bend area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).