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Welcome to Big Beaver ...

Big Beaver is located in Oakland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Beaver, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1844.

Big Beaver is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Big Beaver lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Big Beaver ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Big Beaver - they are located in Pennsylvania and Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Big Beaver ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Big Beaver.

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 Beaver. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Big Beaver.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Big Beaver. 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 Beaver.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Beaver. See our Newspapers Page for Big Beaver.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Big Beaver ...

Looking for more information about Big Beaver? 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 Beaver, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Big Beaver.

Adding Big Beaver to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Big Beaver 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 Beaver was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Big Beaver post office opened in 1844.

We also found Big Beaver in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Big Beaver.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Oakland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Big Beaver - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/