Welcome to Big Spring ...
Big Spring is located in Adams County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.
A typical abbreviation for Big Spring: Big Spg. (or less commonly used: Big Spng. or Big Sprng.)
Big Spring is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Big Spring lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Big Spring: 608 & 353<3>
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), Texas and Virginia.
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.
- Baraboo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- Portage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Wisconsin Dells
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Lake Delton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Delton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 people
- Pardeeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Montello
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Montello is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- West Baraboo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Westfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westfield is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
- North Freedom
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
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 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.<4>
From that list, the Big Spring post office opened in 1854. The Big Spring post office closed in 1904.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Big Spring.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Adams, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Big Spring - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Big Spring area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Big Spring area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |