Welcome to Big Spring ...The city of Big Spring is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas). Big Spring is located in Howard County<1> and is the County Seat for Howard County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. A typical abbreviation for Big Spring: Big Spg. (or less commonly used: Big Spng. or Big Sprng.) From the Census Estimates for 2019, Big Spring has a population of 28,240 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Big Spring is 2,530 feet [771 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Big Spring is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Big Spring lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Big Spring: 432 The ZIP codes for Big Spring: 79720-79721<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Big Spring had an population of 28,240 people. This is an increase of 3.51% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 11.92% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Big Spring had a population of 27,282 people (which is 77.96% of the total population of Howard County). This makes Big Spring the county's most populous community. The population of Big Spring represents 0.11% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 98th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 27,282 people, the population of Big Spring increased 8.12% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 25,233 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Big Spring. Communities Also Named Big Spring ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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), Tennessee (3), Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Big Spring. Websites for Big Spring ...Official Website: www.ci.big-spring.tx.us/ Chamber of Commerce: www.bigspringtx.com/ 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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Big Spring ...Looking for more information about Big Spring? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Big Spring, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Big Spring. Adding Big Spring to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Big Spring in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections 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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