Sweet Springs is an
unincorporated community
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in
Monroe County Monroe County may refer to seventeen counties in the United States, all named for James Monroe:
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*Monroe County, Arkansas
* Monroe County, Florida
* Monroe County, Georgia
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in the
U.S. state
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of
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
. Sweet Springs lies at the intersection of
West Virginia Route 3
West Virginia Route 3 is a state highway in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It runs from West Virginia Route 10 in West Hamlin in a general easterly direction via Beckley to West Virginia Route 311 at Sweet Springs, most of the way across t ...
and
West Virginia Route 311 #REDIRECT Route 311 (Virginia–West Virginia)
West Virginia Route 311
West Virginia Route 311 ...
.
The community is known for its
Sweet Springs Resort and spa, listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
. Its developer, William Lewis, attempted unsuccessfully to create a town named
Fontville at the location in 1790. There was a Sweet Springs Post Office in the community from 1795 until 1997.
[United States Postal Service, "Postal Bulletin]
Sweet Springs Post Office, discontinued 1997-09-06. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
References
External links
Old Sweet SpringsVT Underground
Sweet Springs Resortat Abandoned
Sweet Springsat Traveling 219 project
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ttp://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/springs/sweet/ "Taking the Waters: 19th Century Mineral Springs: Sweet Springs."Claude Moore Health Sciences Library,
University of Virginia
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Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, West Virginia
Spa towns in West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
Historic American Buildings Survey in West Virginia
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