Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Episcopal chapel in Salt Sulphur Springs
Episcopal chapel in Salt Sulphur Springs
Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia is located in the United States
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
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMonroe
Elevation
1,801 ft (549 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1546308[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. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  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 Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.


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