[1] The first element is either neo-Brittonic *līm, an alleged loanword from Latin līmen, "threshold, lintel", referring to the Stirlingshire border,[1] or *li-m- (> Welsh llif), "a flood, deluge, stream, current", alluding to the nearby Black Loch.

[1] Limerigg was traditionally a sparsely populated region, with only a few scattered farmsteads forming a community around the isolated area.

[2] This changed with the arrival of the Industrial Revolution in Scotland, as like neighbouring villages in the area, great deposits of coal and oil were discovered, and later exploited and extracted.

[4] This expansion was supported by a branch of the Slamannan Railway, which allowed the transfer of Limerigg's natural resources to the Union Canal, and from there, the rest of the central belt.

At least five collieries operated in Limerigg within the second half of the 19th century, with the impact of this resource extraction leaving a long lasting mark on the local area.

[5] In 2010 a 4000-year-old Bronze Age barb and tang flint arrowhead was found on the peat moss on the western outskirts of the village, showing human habitation in the Limerigg area dating as far back as 2000 BC.

At the time of closure, only five pupils were attending and there were no objections submitted; likely due to the community being just four minutes drive from Slamannan Primary School, with bus services also being provided by the council.