Do you know of Big Mountain ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Big Mountain. 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 Big Mountain.<1>

Our sources for Big Mountain (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 Big Mountain other than they indicate that Big Mountain would be found somewhere in Morgan County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1894.

Communities Also Named Big Mountain ...

We found four communities that share the name Big Mountain.

Within Tennessee, the name Big Mountain is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
  - Northumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Big Mountain [Northumberland County].
  - York County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Big Mountain [York County].
- West Virginia
  - Boone County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Big Mountain [Boone County].
  - Kanawha County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Big Mountain [Kanawha County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Big Mountain ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Big Mountain.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 47/05780 (Place Name: Big Mountain)

County: Morgan (FIPS State/County: 47/129)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Big Mountain) 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 Morgan County ...

Can you help?

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 Morgan County.

Camp Austin	Island Ford
Corbin Hill
Crooked Fork	Joynersville

Dead Level	Kismet

Harriman Junction	Mossy Grove
Hooperville
Hunnicutt	Skene
	Stapleton

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>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Big Mountain could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/