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Big Spring, Kentucky
Big Spring, Kentucky is located in Kentucky
Big Spring, Kentucky
Big Spring, Kentucky
Location in Kentucky
Big Spring, Kentucky is located in the United States
Big Spring, Kentucky
Big Spring, Kentucky
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Kentucky
Counties Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade
Elevation
663 ft (202 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 270 & 364
GNIS feature ID 512759

Big Spring, Kentucky is an unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Meade County, and Hardin County in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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

Notable person

  • Charles Harwood Moorman, United States federal judge
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