Sweet Springs, West Virginia

Sweet Springs
Unincorporated community
Main building at Sweet Springs Resort, designed by Thomas Jefferson.
Sweet Springs Show map of West Virginia Sweet Springs Show map of the US Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°37′42″N 80°14′29″W / 37.62833°N 80.24139°W / 37.62833; -80.24139Coordinates: 37°37′42″N 80°14′29″W / 37.62833°N 80.24139°W / 37.62833; -80.24139
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Monroe
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Sweet Springs is an unincorporated community in Monroe County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Sweet Springs lies at the intersection of West Virginia Route 3 and West Virginia Route 311. The community is known for its Old Sweet Springs resort and spa, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was the planned site of the town of Fontville but the town never got beyond the planning stage.^[1]

References

External links

• Old Sweet Springs VT Underground
• Sweet Springs Resort at Abandoned
• Sweet Springs at Traveling 219 project
• Sweet Springs Resort National Register of Historic Places Listing
• "Taking the Waters: 19th Century Mineral Springs: Sweet Springs." Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-55, "Sweet Springs, General View, State Route 311, Sweet Springs, Monroe County, WV"
• HABS No. WV-56, "Sweet Springs Bath House"
• HABS No. WV-57, "Sweet Springs Cottages"
• HABS No. WV-58, "Sweet Springs Hotel"

Municipalities and communities of Monroe County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Union
Towns	Alderson‡ Peterstown Union
Unincorporated communities	Assurance Ballard Ballengee‡ Bozoo Cashmere Centennial Cloverdale Creamery Crimson Springs Dorr Elmhurst Gap Mills Gates Glace Greenville Hillsdale Hollywood Johnson Crossroads Keenan Knobs Laurel Branch Lillydale Lindside McGlone Monitor Nickells Mill Patton‡ Pedro Pickaway Raines Corner Red Sulphur Springs Rock Camp Roxalia Salt Sulphur Springs Sarton Secondcreek Sinks Grove Sweet Springs Waiteville Wayside Wikel Willow Bend Wolfcreek Zenith
Ghost town	Indian Creek
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties