Big Spring, Kentucky is an

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in Breckinridge County (west part) in the

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, as well as in Meade County (northeast part) and Hardin County (southeast part) in the

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in the U.S. state of

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

. 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,

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References

Unincorporated communities in Breckinridge County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Hardin County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Meade County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{MeadeCountyKY-geo-stub