Big Spring is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
located in the town of
New Haven
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,02 ...
,
Adams County,
Wisconsin
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, United States. Big Spring is east-northeast of
Wisconsin Dells.
Notable people
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Alonzo L. Best
Alonzo L. Best (October 6, 1854 – June 24, 1923) was an American politician and farmer.
Born in Big Spring, Adams County, Wisconsin, Best moved with his family to Dunn County, Wisconsin. Best owned the Meadow Side Stock Farm near Downing, ...
, Wisconsin State Representative, farmer, and teacher, was born in Big Spring.
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Sophronius S. Landt
Sophronius Stocking Landt (November 1, 1842 – October 26, 1926) was an American politician, farmer, and teacher.
Landt was born in the town of Aztalan, Jefferson County, Wisconsin Territory. He moved with his parents to Big Spring, Wisco ...
, Wisconsin State Representative, lived in Big Spring.
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Una R. Winter, suffragist, was born in Big Spring.
['Women of the West,' Man Binheim-editor, Publishers Press, Los Angeles: 1928, Biographical Sketch of Una R. Winter, pg. 98]
References
Unincorporated communities in Adams County, Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
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