Welcome to Big Spring ...So far, we found very little information about Big Spring. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Big Spring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Big Spring, please Contact Us. Big Spring would have been located within present day Wilson County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1835. A typical abbreviation for Big Spring: Big Spg. (or less commonly used: Big Spng. or Big Sprng.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Big Spring is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Big Spring was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Big Spring was located: 615 & 629<4> Communities Also Named Big Spring ...While we believe that this Big Spring is located in Wilson County, we know of another 2 Tennessee communities named Big Spring. Those communities are located in the following counties: Carter and Meigs County. Beyond Tennessee, there are 21 communities that are also named Big Spring - they are located in Alabama, Georgia (3), Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (3), Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Big Spring. Communities near Big Spring ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Big Spring.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Big Spring. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Big Spring. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Big Spring. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Big Spring. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Spring. See our Newspapers Page for Big Spring. Adding Big Spring to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Big Spring in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Big Spring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Big Spring. Footnotes ...
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