Official Name: | Big Spring, Kentucky |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Kentucky#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Big Spring |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
Subdivision Name2: | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade |
Timezone1: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
Timezone2: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset2: | -5 |
Timezone2 Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset2 Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 663 |
Coordinates: | 37.7992°N -86.1522°W |
Area Codes: | 270 & 364 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 512759 |
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]
Big Spring takes its name from a spring which emerges near the town site, then sinks underground.[2] A post office was established for the community in 1826.[3]
See also: List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area.