Bigbee, Mississippi

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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

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

  1. 12"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. 12Rowland, 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. ↑ إيمز، بيرني (5 فبراير 2012). "بيرني إيمز: 'إنه السيد بيجبي على الخط، توم بيجبي'"" . صحيفة ذا ديسباتش . تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 26 أغسطس 2023 .
  7. ↑ "المراكز المجتمعية" . www.monroems.com . تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 26 أغسطس 2023 .
  8. ↑ "مقاطعة مونرو" . تاريخ البريد لجيم فورتي . تم الاطلاع عليه بتاريخ 26 أغسطس 2023 .