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. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Piney
  2. ^ Big Piney, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1991 rev.)
  3. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. ^ "Home of the Eagles". www.plato.k12.mo.us.
  5. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  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. ^ 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 / 37.67194°N 92.09806°W / 37.67194; -92.09806

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