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Welcome to Big Piney ...

Big Piney is located in Pulaski County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Piney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Big Piney is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Big Piney lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Big Piney: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Big Piney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Big Piney - they are located in Tennessee and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Big Piney ...

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

  • Saint Robert
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Waynesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Licking
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Edgar Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Plato
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Duke
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Duke is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
  • Beulah
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Beulah is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
  • Hazelton ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hazelton is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
  • Roby
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Roby is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
  • Devils Elbow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Big Piney ...

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

Adding Big Piney to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Big Piney 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 (so far) for Big Piney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Big Piney post office opened in 1881. The Big Piney post office closed in 1972.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Pulaski, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Big Piney - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Big Piney area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Big Piney area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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