Big Spring

Big Spring is one of the largest springs in the and the world. An enormous first magnitude spring, it rises at the base of a bluff on the west side of the Current River valley in the .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Van Buren and Eastwood.

is a city in and county seat of , , United States, that is the largest city in Carter County. was founded in 1833 as the county seat of and was named after then Vice President of the United States, Martin .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in southwestern , in the of southeast . The community lies within the , approximately seven miles south of , at the intersection of Routes C and F. is situated 4½ miles southwest of Big Spring.

Big Spring

Latitude
36.95219° or 36° 57′ 8″ north
Longitude
-90.99432° or 90° 59′ 40″ west
Elevation
469 feet (143 metres)
Open location code
868FX224+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5442671644
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­spring
Geo­Names ID
4377083
Wiki­data ID
Q2919668
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Big Spring” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: Big Spring
  • German: Big Spring
  • Greek: Μπιγκ Σπρινγκ
  • Japanese: ビッグ・スプリング
  • Persian: بیگ‌اسپرینگ
  • Serbian: Биг Спринг
  • Serbo-Croatian: Big Spring, Missouri
  • Spanish: Big Spring

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Big Spring”. Photo: Hillbilly2008, Public domain.