Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Big Lake came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Big Lake 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 Lake. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Big Lake 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 Lake:
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

Shell Oil Road Map for Minnesota (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

We found Big Lake in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Big Lake for more information.

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