Big Piney, Missouri Explained

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

History

A post office called Big Piney was established in 1881, and remained in operation until 1972.^[4] The community takes its name from the Big Piney River.^[5]

During the Civil War, companies of the 5th Missouri State Militia garrisoned in Big Piney.^[6]

References

37.6719°N -92.0981°W

Notes and References

1. Big Piney, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1991 rev.)
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54,
3. Web site: Home of the Eagles. www.plato.k12.mo.us.
4. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 10 December 2016.
5. Web site: Pulaski County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071433/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_pulaski.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 27, 2016.
6. Hewett, J. (1994). Supplement to the Official records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Pub. Co., Volume 35, p. 136