| 词条 | Big Springs, Kansas |
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|name = Big Springs, Kansas |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |image_skyline = Big Springs.JPG |image_caption = Big Springs along Highway 40 |image_map = |map_caption = |image_map1 = Map of Douglas Co, Ks, USA.png |map_caption1 = KDOT map of Douglas County (legend) |pushpin_map = Kansas#USA |pushpin_label = Big Springs |pushpin_label_position = left |pushpin_map_caption = |coordinates_footnotes = |coordinates = {{coord|39|0|47|N|95|29|6|W|region:US-KS_type:city_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Kansas |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Douglas |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = |established_title1 = Platted |established_date1 = |named_for = springs |area_footnotes = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |unit_pref = Imperial |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_ft = 1102 |population_footnotes = |population_as_of = |population_total = |pop_est_footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |population_est = |population_density_sq_mi = auto |timezone = CST |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = |area_code_type = Area code |area_code = 785 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = {{FIPS|20|06750}} |blank1_name = GNIS ID |blank1_info = {{GNIS 4|484942}} [1] |website = }} Big Springs is an unincorporated community in northwest Douglas County, Kansas, United States. HistoryThe first settlement at Big Springs was made in the fall of 1854.[2] The town was founded by William Harper and John Chamberlain but had always been a popular watering hole along the Oregon Trail. It was named from the mineral springs nearby.[3][4] On September 5, 1855, Big Springs was home to a free-state convention in which determined men vowed to give their lives to defend their homes from border ruffians from Missouri. The first sermon was preached in 1855 by Reverend W.A. Cardwell in the log home of Ephraim Banning. The first church was built a year later.[5] Also in 1856, the first post office was established, as well as the first schooling took place then in the town hall. The post office was discontinued in 1903.[6] The population did not grow, but hovered around 40 people, as there was no railroad running through the town. According to the Lawrence Journal-World, Big Springs was the location of T. J. Custard's birth, making him the first American citizen to be born in Douglas County.[7] Today it has a water tower, tool shop, church and a fire station that is part of the Lecompton Township Fire Dist. 1. Its mailing address is Lecompton. In 2010, a building on the east side of town caught fire, leaving a restricted area of charred rubble. EducationIt is part of USD 450 Shawnee Heights School District in Tecumseh. InfrastructureUS Highway 40 runs through the community. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}} 2. ^{{cite book|title=History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t09AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA352|year=1883|publisher=A. T. Andreas|page=352}} 3. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ODXKhgH3e6AC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Exploring Kansas Highways | author=Heim, Michael | year=2007 | pages=49}} 4. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JroyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hegFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6612%2C4399216 | title=What's in a name? Key elements of area history | work=Lawrence Journal-World | date=November 28, 1997 | accessdate=28 April 2015 | author=Carpenter, Tim | pages=3B}} 5. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iT8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pOUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6851%2C5697762 | title=Only few of 45 county settlements left | work=Lawrence Journal-World | date=Jun 12, 1961 | accessdate=1 November 2015 | author=Cleland, Nora | pages=12A}} 6. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:2/county:DG/sort:County.county_name/direction:asc | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2 | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=8 June 2014}} 7. ^{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JroyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hegFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6612%2C4399216 | title=What's in a Name? Key Elements of Area History | work=Lawrence Journal-World | date=November 28, 1997 | accessdate=April 28, 2015 | author=Carpenter, Tim | page=3B}} Further reading
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