Big_Piney,_Missouri

Big Piney, Missouri

Big Piney, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.

Big Piney is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States[1] on the southeastern edge of Fort Leonard Wood and one mile west of a bend in the Big Piney River.[2] The community is on Missouri Route TT four miles northeast of Palace. Licking is seventeen miles to the southeast.[3] Its former K-8 school has closed; students attend the Plato R-V School District.[4]

History

A post office called Big Piney was established in 1881, and remained in operation until 1972.[5] The community takes its name from the Big Piney River.[6]

During the Civil War, companies of the 5th Missouri State Militia garrisoned in Big Piney.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Piney
  2. [2]
    Big Piney, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1991 rev.)
  3. [3]
    Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. [4]
    "Home of the Eagles". www.plato.k12.mo.us.
  5. [5]
    "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Pulaski County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  7. [7]
    Hewett, J. (1994). Supplement to the Official records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Pub. Co. , Volume 35, p. 136

37°40′19″N 92°05′53″W
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Big_Piney,_Missouri, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.