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Welcome to Bigelow ...

Bigelow is located in Saint Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bigelow, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

Bigelow is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bigelow: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Bigelow ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Bigelow - they are located in Arkansas, California, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Ontario.

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

Communities near Bigelow ...

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

  • Brockville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Ogdensburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Canton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Canton is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <4>
  • Gouverneur
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Heuvelton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Antwerp
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrisville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Edwards
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
    • Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Estimated population in 2012: 433 people
  • Hermon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon
    • Hermon is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Estimated population in 2017: 405 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermon <4>
  • Morristown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bigelow ...

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

Adding Bigelow to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bigelow post office opened in 1880.

We also found Bigelow in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bigelow.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Saint Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bigelow - 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 Bigelow area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Bigelow 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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