Roaring Spring, Kentucky

Roaring Spring
Roaring Spring is located in Kentucky
Roaring Spring
Roaring Spring
Location within the state of Kentucky
Roaring Spring is located in the United States
Roaring Spring
Roaring Spring
Roaring Spring (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°43′32″N 87°42′25″W / 36.72556°N 87.70694°W / 36.72556; -87.70694
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyTrigg
Elevation
558 ft (170 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID502041[1]

Roaring Spring is an unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States.

A post office called Roaring Spring was established in 1849 and remained in operation until 1909.[2] The community seized its name from a nearby cave spring, that momentarily produced a roar.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roaring Spring, Kentucky
  2. ^ "Trigg County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 252. ISBN 0-8131-2631-2.


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