Welcome to Big Rock ...Big Rock is located in Buchanan County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Rock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854. Big Rock is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Big Rock lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Big Rock: 276 The ZIP code for Big Rock: 24603<3> Communities Also Named Big Rock ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Big Rock - they are located in Arkansas (2), Illinois, Iowa (3), Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Big Rock. Communities near Big Rock ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Big Rock.
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 Rock. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Big Rock. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Big Rock. 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 Rock. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Rock. See our Newspapers Page for Big Rock. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Big Rock ...Looking for more information about Big Rock? 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 Rock, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Big Rock. Adding Big Rock to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Big Rock 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 Rock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Big Rock. Footnotes ...
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