Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
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Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia | |
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![]() Episcopal chapel in Salt Sulphur Springs | |
Coordinates: 37°34′14″N 80°34′18″W / 37.57056°N 80.57167°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Monroe |
Elevation | 1,801 ft (549 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
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
[edit]- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.