Roaring Spring, Kentucky

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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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.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=KY&county=Trigg&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Trigg County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=24 December 2015}} The community seized its name from a nearby cave spring, that momentarily produced a roar.{{cite book|last=Rennick|first=Robert M.|title=Kentucky Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA252|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0-8131-2631-2|page=252}}