bigpigeon.us webpage History > Big Pigeon Area  > Nearby Towns, updated by RAC 18 Oct 2023.
The following small towns lie in the general vicinity of Pigeon Creek. Each has a webpage for historic items of interest:
  • Beebeetown - In La Grange Township, Harrison County just over the northern Boomer Township border. Founded in the 1870s by the Beebee family from New York State.
  • Crescent - In Crescent Township; area settled originally by Mormons in the late 1840s; Crescent City platted along Little Pigeon Creek, now Crescent Creek, in 1850s; Bypassed by Northwestern Railroad 1 1/2 miles to west in 1867 but survived because its location above the Missouri River floodplain.
  • Honey Creek - Railroad town in Rockford Township established during Northwestern Railroad construction in 1867.
  • Neola - Railroad town in Neola Township established during Rock Island Railroad constrction in 1869.
  • Loveland - Railroad town in Rockford Township established during Northwestern Railroad construction in 1867.
  • Persia - Railroad town in Harrison County established during Milwaukee Railroad construction around 1882.
  • Underwood - Railroad town in Norfolk Township established during Milwaukee Railroad construction around 1882.
  • ​Weston - Railroad town in Hazel Dell Township established during Rock Island Railroad construction in 1869.
  • Lost Locales - Downsville, Harrison, Pigeon, Reels, Unionburg, Yorkshire.

Sources for Big Pigeon's History >  Big Pigeon Area > Area Towns webpages: