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Welcome to Bignell ...

Bignell is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bignell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Bignell is 2,740 feet [835 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Bignell is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Bignell (for example, toward Paxton), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Bignell: 308

Communities near Bignell ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bignell ...

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

Adding Bignell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bignell 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 Bignell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bignell post office opened in 1908. The Bignell post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bignell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bignell - 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>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/