Big Spring, Kentucky

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Big Spring, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Big Spring
Coordinates: 37°47′57″N86°09′08″W / 37.79917°N 86.15222°W / 37.79917; -86.15222
Country United States
State Kentucky
Counties Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade
Elevation
663 ft (202 m)
Time zones UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes 270 & 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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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