Big Bay
Big Bay is an unincorporated community in Massac County, Illinois, United States. Big Bay is 11.5 miles north of Metropolis. Big Bay is located in a farming community, and its residents were said to raise nearly all their own food well into the 20th century.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Illinois
- Also known as: “Big Bay Station”, “Big Bay, IL”, “Big Bay, Illinois”, and “McNoel”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reevesville and Ganntown.
Reevesville
Hamlet
Reevesville is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. The community is located along County Route 10 and the Canadian National Railway 11 miles east-southeast of Vienna. Reevesville is situated 2 miles north of Big Bay.
Ganntown
Hamlet
Ganntown is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. The community is located along County Route 10 7.2 miles east-southeast of Vienna. Ganntown is situated 4½ miles northwest of Big Bay.
Allens Spring
Hamlet
Allens Spring is an unincorporated community in Pope County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Allens Spring is situated 5 miles northeast of Big Bay.
Big Bay
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Massac, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.31672° or 37° 19′ 0″ north
Longitude
-88.72172° or 88° 43′ 18″ west
Elevation
348 feet (106 metres)
Open location code
869H878H+M8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Big Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大灣 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “大灣”
- French: “Big Bay”
- Irish: “Big Bay”
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