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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bigmount. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Bigmount.<1>

Our sources for Bigmount (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Bigmount other than they indicate that Bigmount would be found somewhere in York County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1887 and closed  in 1907.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bigmount ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bigmount:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bigmount - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Bigmount.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/06328   (Place Name: Bigmount)

County: York     (FIPS State/County: 42/133)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Bigmount) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  York County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in York County.

Apple Grove 
 Naces
BaresvilleNew Sinsheim
Bentzel 
BigdamOkete
Bowmans Store 
BrilhartPark Heights
BrockiePark Hills
BrodbeckParke
Brogueville StationParks
BrooksidePeach Bottom
 Penn Heights
CabbanePine Hill
CampbellPlaza Heights
Castle Fin StationPleasant Hill
ChancefordPleasureville Heights
Coal Cabin BeachPorters
Codorus MillsProwellsville
Codorus 
ConstitutionRoy
  
Deer BrookSensheim
DixvilleShetters Grove
DockvilleShiloh East
 Shorbes Hill
EnterpriseSilver Lake
EsmondSlate Ridge
EttersSmith Gardens
 Smiths
GirardSmyser
Gitts RunSnyder's
GlenwoodSouth Side
GrahamvilleSpring Forge
Grandview TerraceSpring Garden
GrangevilleSpringet
 Staley
HablistonStonybrook - Wilshire
HallStrawbridge
HartleySummit
HeistandSunset Manor
HellamSwam
Heller 
High RockTilden
HiltonTracktowne
Holley HeightsTurnpike
HollywoodTwin Brooks
 Tyler Run - Queens Gate
Ironore 
 Union
Jefferson Station 
 Voltair
Lightner 
LincolnwayWest Manchester
LonglevelWilben
Lower ChancefordWindsor Park
 Wiota
Mayfield East 
McFordXenia
McSherrysville 
Middletown FerryYork New Salem
Monaghan 
MulberryZiegler
Mullertown 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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