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Welcome to Big Lick ...

Big Lick is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Lick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Big Lick is 1,750 feet [533 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Big Lick (for example, toward Lakemont Heights), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Big Lick: 931

Communities Also Named Big Lick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Big Lick - they are located in North Carolina (2) and Ohio.

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

Communities near Big Lick ...

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

  • Clarktown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Lakemont Heights
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
    • Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
  • Crossville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Fairfield Glade
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Rogers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rogers is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
  • Lake Tansi Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
  • Newton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Newton is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
    • Newton has also been known as:
    • Peay
  • Dykes Crossroads
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
  • Spring City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Big Lick ...

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

Adding Big Lick to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Big Lick post office opened in 1875. The Big Lick post office closed in 1955.

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

Footnotes ...

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