Big Spring, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Big Spring is located in Kentucky
Big Spring
Big Spring
Big Spring is located in the United States
Big Spring
Big Spring
Coordinates: 37°47′57″N 86°09′08″W / 37.79917°N 86.15222°W / 37.79917; -86.15222
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesBreckinridge, Hardin, Meade
Elevation
663 ft (202 m)
Time zonesUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes270 & 364
GNIS feature ID512759[1]

Big Spring, Kentucky is an unincorporated community in Breckinridge County (west part) in the Central Time Zone, as well as in Meade County (northeast part), and Hardin County (southeast part) in the Eastern Time Zone in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1][2]

Big Spring takes its name from a spring which emerges near the town site, then sinks underground.[3] A post office was established for the community in 1826.[4]

Notable person

See also: List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area

References

  1. ^ a b "Big Spring". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ State Primary Road System: Breckinridge County (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  3. ^ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 599.
  4. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 24. Retrieved December 16, 2020.


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