Big Spring, Wisconsin
Appearance
Big Spring, Wisconsin | |
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Coordinates: 43°40′10″N 89°38′37″W / 43.66944°N 89.64361°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Adams |
Town | New Haven |
Elevation | 251 m (823 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 608 |
GNIS feature ID | 1561772[1] |
Big Spring is an unincorporated community located in the town of New Haven, Adams County, Wisconsin, United States. Big Spring is 7 miles (11 km) east-northeast of Wisconsin Dells.
Notable people
[edit]- Alonzo L. Best, Wisconsin State Representative, farmer, and teacher, was born in Big Spring.[2]
- Sophronius S. Landt, Wisconsin State Representative, lived in Big Spring.[3]
- Una R. Winter, suffragist, was born in Big Spring.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Spring, Wisconsin
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book,' Biographical Sketch of Alonzo L. Best, pg. 267
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1895,' Biographical Sketch of Sophronius S. Landt, pg. 672
- ^ 'Women of the West,' Man Binheim-editor, Publishers Press, Los Angeles: 1928, Biographical Sketch of Una R. Winter, pg. 98