Big Spring

Big Spring is a city in and the county seat of , United States, at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 87 and Interstate 20. Its population was 26,144 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: City with 24,200 residents
  • Description: city in Howard County, Texas, United States
  • Also known as: Big Spring, Texas”, “Big Spring, TX”, “Big Springs”, and “Bigspring
  • Postal codes: 79720 and 79721

Places of Interest

Highlights include Heritage Museum Big Spring and Potton-Hayden House.

Museum

Museum
The Potton–Hayden House is a historic house in Big Spring, Texas, USA. It was built in 1901. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 14, 1975.

Hotel
The Hotel Settles is a historic 15-story hotel located at 200 East Third Street in Big Spring, Texas. Originally completed in 1930, the Settles opened for business October 1, 1930.

Big Spring

Latitude
32.2504° or 32° 15′ 1″ north
Longitude
-101.4787° or 101° 28′ 43″ west
Population
24,200
Elevation
2,441 feet (744 metres)
IATA airport code
HCA
United Nations Location Code
US HCA
Open location code
854W7G2C+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151321965
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5517061
Wiki­data ID
Q859362
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Big Spring” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بيغ سبرينغ
  • Basque: Big Spring
  • Belarusian: Біг-Спрынг (Тэхас)
  • Belarusian: Біг-Спрынг
  • Catalan: Big Spring
  • Cebuano: Big Spring
  • Chechen: Биг-Спринг
  • Chinese: Big Spring
  • Chinese: 大泉
  • Croatian: Big Spring
  • Czech: Big Spring
  • Dagbani: Big Spring
  • Danish: Big Spring
  • Dutch: Big Spring (Texas)
  • Dutch: Big Spring
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيج سبرينج
  • Esperanto: Big Spring
  • Esperanto: Fontego
  • French: Big Spring
  • German: Big Spring
  • Gilaki: بیگ اسپرینگ
  • Greek: Μπιγκ Σπρινγκ
  • Haitian: Big Spring, Texas
  • Haitian: Big Spring
  • Hungarian: Big Spring
  • Irish: Big Spring, Texas
  • Irish: Big Spring
  • Italian: Big Spring
  • Japanese: ビッグスプリング
  • Korean: 빅스프링
  • Ladin: Big Spring
  • Lithuanian: Big Springas
  • Malagasy: Big Spring, Texas
  • Malagasy: Big Spring
  • Min Nan Chinese: Big Spring
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Big Spring
  • Norwegian: Big Spring
  • Persian: بیگ اسپرینگ، تگزاس
  • Persian: بیگ اسپرینگ
  • Polish: Big Spring
  • Portuguese: Big spring
  • Portuguese: Big Spring
  • Russian: Биг-Спринг
  • Serbian: Биг Спринг
  • Serbo-Croatian: Big Spring, Texas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Big Spring
  • Slovak: Big Spring
  • South Azerbaijani: بیق اسپرینق، تکزاس
  • Spanish: Big Spring (Texas)
  • Spanish: Big Spring
  • Swedish: Big Spring
  • Tatar: Биг-Спринг
  • Turkish: Big Spring, Teksas
  • Turkish: Big Spring
  • Ukrainian: Біг-Спрінг
  • Uzbek: Big Spring, Texas
  • Uzbek: Big Spring, TX
  • Uzbek: Big Spring
  • Vietnamese: Big Spring, Texas
  • Vietnamese: Big Spring
  • Volapük: Big Spring (Texas)
  • Volapük: Big Spring (TX)
  • Volapük: Big Spring, Texas
  • Volapük: Big Spring, TX
  • Volapük: Big Spring
  • Waray (Philippines): Big Spring, Texas
  • Waray (Philippines): Big Spring
  • Welsh: Big Spring, Texas
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