Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Big Creek 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 Creek:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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