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]
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]
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]
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]