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Bigbee, Mississippi

Coordinates : 34°00′58″N 88°31′09″W  /  34.01611°N 88.51917°W  / 34.01611; -88.51917
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Not to be confused with Bigbee Valley, Mississippi .

Bigbee, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Bigbee is located in Mississippi
Bigbee
Bigbee
Bigbee is located in the United States
Bigbee
Bigbee
Coordinates: 34°00′58″N 88°31′09″W  /  34.01611°N 88.51917°W  / 34.01611; -88.51917
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Monroe
Elevation
220 ft (70 m)
Time zone UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
 ? Summer ( DST ) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID 667157 [1]

Bigbee (also known as Johnsons Mill [1] ) is an unincorporated community in Monroe County , Mississippi . Bigbee is located northwest of Amory on Mississippi Highway 6 close to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 371 .

History [ edit ]

Bigbee derives its name from shortening and alteration of the nearby East Fork Tombigbee River . [2]

Bigbee is located along the BNSF Railway and in 1910 had two general stores and a sawmill. [3]

In 1892, George and Frank Houston built a sawmill in Bigbee at the junction of the Tombigbee River and the St. Louis?San Francisco Railway . The sawmill was in operation until 1903. [4] The Houston Brothers' sawmill in Bigbee was one of the largest in Monroe County. [5] The sawmill allowed Bigbee to be the second community in the county with electric lights and also operated a hotel and commissary. [6]

In 1906, Bigbee had an estimated population of 250. [5]

Bigbee is served by the Bigbee Community Center. [7]

A post office operated under the name Bigbee from 1890 to 1912. [8]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "Bigbee" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi . University Press of Mississippi. p. 8. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6 .
  3. ^ Howe, Tony. "Bigbee, Mississippi" . Mississippi Rails . Retrieved August 26, 2023 .
  4. ^ Reports of the United States Board of Tax Appeals, Volume 22 . Washington, D.C.: United States Board of Tax Appeals. 1931. p. 55.
  5. ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form . Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 239.
  6. ^ Imes, Birney (February 5, 2012). "Birney Imes: 'It's Mr. Bigbee on the line, Tom Bigbee' " . The Dispatch . Retrieved August 26, 2023 .
  7. ^ "Community Centers" . www.monroems.com . Retrieved August 26, 2023 .
  8. ^ "Monroe County" . Jim Forte Postal History . Retrieved August 26, 2023 .


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