Sweet Springs is an

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in Monroe County in the

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. 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 acro ...

and West Virginia Route 311. The community is known for its

Sweet Springs Resort Sweet Springs Resort and spa was founded in Sweet Springs, West Virginia, United States in 1792. Once known as Old Sweet Springs, this historic resort hotel is currently undergoing renovation by the Nonprofit organization, nonprofit Sweet Springs ...

and spa, listed on the

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. 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 Springs
VT Underground
Sweet Springs Resort
at Abandoned
Sweet Springs
at Traveling 219 project

* ttp://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/springs/sweet/ "Taking the Waters: 19th Century Mineral Springs: Sweet Springs."Claude Moore Health Sciences Library,

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