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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Big Chimney came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Big Chimney in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Big Chimney. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Big Chimney data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

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)

Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Big Chimney is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Big Chimney. See our Misc Page for Big Chimney for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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