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Big Spring, Kentucky

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Big Spring is primarily located in Breckinridge County. A portion of Big Spring extends into Hardin County and Meade County.

Typical abbreviation for Big Spring: Big Spg. (or less commonly used: Big Spng. or Big Sprng.)

Big Spring is 200 feet [60.96 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Big Spring lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Big Spring can be found in:

 Alabama (historic<2>)Oklahoma
 Georgia (historic)Pennsylvania
 Iowa (historic)Tennessee
 MarylandTexas
 MinnesotaVirginia
 MissouriWisconsin

While we we don't have population counts for Big Spring, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Big Spring).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008<4>
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Mauckport (IN)   N15 mi [24.14 km]812.41% decrease
 Brandenburg   N13 mi [20.92 km]2,1836.54% increase
 Ekron   N9 mi [14.48 km]1615.29% decrease
 Elizabethtown   SE16 mi [25.75 km]24,1447.11% increase
 Hardinsburg   W16 mi [25.75 km]2,4333.75% increase
 Irvington   NW9 mi [14.48 km]1,40011.38% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Big Spring.


The Commemorative Quarter for Kentucky
The Commemorative
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Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Big Spring. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Off-the-Road Links

The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Big Spring:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Big Spring? Please visit the Map Page for Big Spring.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Big Spring - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Big Spring, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Big Spring and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Big Spring.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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