Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Big Rock came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Big Rock in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Big Rock. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Big Rock data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Big Rock:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

Big Rock is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Big Rock in these Censuses: 2010-2000. See our Census Page for Big Rock for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Big Rock. See our Misc Page for Big Rock for more information.