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Welcome to Big Cedar ...

Big Cedar is located in Le Flore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Cedar, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

Big Cedar is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Big Cedar: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Big Cedar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Big Cedar - they are located in Idaho and Ontario.

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

Communities near Big Cedar ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Big Cedar ...

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

Adding Big Cedar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Big Cedar 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 Big Cedar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Big Cedar post office opened in 1903.

We also found Big Cedar on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Oklahoma (1911).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Le Flore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Big Cedar - 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 918 code has been Overlayed with the 539 area code. New phone numbers in the Big Cedar area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Big Cedar 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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