Roaring Spring, Kentucky

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Roaring Spring
Roaring Spring (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°43′32″N87°42′25″W / 36.72556°N 87.70694°W / 36.72556; -87.70694 Coordinates: 36°43′32″N87°42′25″W / 36.72556°N 87.70694°W / 36.72556; -87.70694
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Trigg
Elevation
558 ft (170 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID502041 [1]

Roaring Spring is an unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States.

A post office called Roaring Spring was established in 1849 and remained in operation until 1909. [2] The community seized its name from a nearby cave spring, that momentarily produced a roar. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roaring Spring, Kentucky
  2. "Trigg County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  3. Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 252. ISBN   0-8131-2631-2.