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Big Spring Neighborhood

Ghost town · Owsley County, Kentucky

Sturgeon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000)
Sturgeon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Big Spring Neighborhood is a ghost town in Owsley County, Kentucky. It is one of 18 former communities in Owsley County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 28th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Big Spring Neighborhood as a historical populated place on the Sturgeon topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.4330° N, 83.8257° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSturgeon
Elevation986 ft
Nearest living townBooneville, KY
Distance to it8.3 miles
GNIS feature ID2416549
Coordinates37.43302, -83.82566

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What's there now

Big Spring Neighborhood is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Booneville, KY (population 142), about 8.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 986 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Big Spring Neighborhood?

Big Spring Neighborhood is in Owsley County, Kentucky, at 37.4330, -83.8257.

How many ghost towns are in Owsley County?

Owsley County, Kentucky has 18 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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