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Big Spring, Kentucky is an unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Meade County, and Hardin County in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1][2]

Big Spring, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°47′57″N 86°09′08″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Counties	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade
Elevation	663 ft (202 m)
Time zone	UTC-6, -5 (Central (CST), Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5, -4 (CDT, EDT)
Area codes	270 & 364
GNIS feature ID	512759[1]

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

Charles Harwood Moorman, United States federal judge

References

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

v t e Municipalities and communities of Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Hardinsburg
Cities	Cloverport Hardinsburg Irvington	Location of Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities	Addison Axtel Big Spring‡ Constantine Custer Falls of Rough Garfield Glen Dean Harned Holt Hudson Kingswood Locust Hill Mattingly McDaniels McQuady Mook Mount Merino Mystic Raymond Roff Sample Se Ree Stephensport Tar Fork Union Star Vanzant Webster‡ Westview
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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v t e Municipalities and communities of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Elizabethtown
Cities	Elizabethtown Muldraugh‡ Radcliff Sonora Upton‡ Vine Grove West Point	Location of Hardin County, Kentucky
CDPs	Cecilia Fort Knox‡ Rineyville
Other unincorporated communities	Big Spring‡ Eastview Glendale Hardin Springs Howe Valley Limp Nolin Old Stephensburg Saint John Star Mills Stephensburg White Mills
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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v t e Municipalities and communities of Meade County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Brandenburg
Cities	Brandenburg Ekron Muldraugh‡	Location of Meade County, Kentucky
CDPs	Doe Valley Fort Knox‡
Unincorporated communities	Battletown Big Spring‡ Concordia Flaherty Garrett Guston Hog Wallow Lickskillet Midway Payneville Rhodelia Rock Haven
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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