Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Unincorporated community

Episcopal chapel in Salt Sulphur Springs
Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°34′14″N 80°34′18″W / 37.57056°N 80.57167°W / 37.57056; -80.57167
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Monroe
Elevation 1,801 ft (549 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID 1546308[1]

Salt Sulphur Springs is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. Salt Sulphur Springs is located on U.S. Route 219 southwest of Union.

The community originally was a resort spa with two mineral springs.[2] In 1985, seven buildings and two other structures qualified as contributing properties were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, the "Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District."[3]

References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 551.
  3. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.


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