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Welcome to Big Brook ...

Big Brook is located in Oneida County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Brook, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

A typical abbreviation for Big Brook: Big Brk.

Big Brook is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Big Brook: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Big Brook ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Big Brook - they are located in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia.

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

Communities near Big Brook ...

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

  • Utica
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Utica is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <4>
  • Rome
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rome is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,145 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <4>
  • Trenton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Trenton is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Whitesboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • New York Mills
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Yorkville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Boonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • New Hartford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • New Hartford is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
  • Clinton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Oriskany
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Big Brook ...

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

Adding Big Brook to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Big Brook 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 Brook was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Big Brook post office opened in 1832. The Big Brook post office closed in 1902.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Oneida, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Big Brook - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Big Brook area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Big Brook 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/