Ripley in Jackson County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Staats Mill Covered Bridge

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 14, 2014

1. Staats Mill Covered Bridge Marker

Inscription. Built in 1887 over Tug Fork of Mill Creek and named for Enoch Statts' mill. Jackson Co. Court paid local builder H.T. Hartley $904 to erect "Long" truss wooden superstructure. Total cost of original 97 ft. bridge with stone abutments and approaches was $1724. Removed from Staats Mill and restored to original specifications on new abutment at this site in 1983 cost in excess of $104,000.

Erected 1983 by West Virginia Department of Culture and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & Viaducts • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Covered Bridges, and the West Virginia Archives and History series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1887.

Location. 38° 47.666′ N, 81° 41.231′ W. Marker is in Ripley, West Virginia, in Jackson County. It is on FFA Drive east of Cedar Creek Drive (County Route 25), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 82 FFA Drive, Ripley WV 25271, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Virginia’s Mid-Ohio Valley. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Casto Hole (a few steps from this marker); Ripley (approx. 2.1 miles away); Jackson County Veterans Memorial Park (approx. 2.2 miles away); Revolutionary War Memorial

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(approx. 2.2 miles away); George Washington Bi-centennial Memorial Tree (approx. 2.2 miles away); Raid on Ripley (approx. 2.2 miles away); a different marker also named Ripley (approx. 2.2 miles away); a different marker also named Ripley (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ripley.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Ripley (was approx. 2.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 14, 2014

2. Staats Mill Covered Bridge Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 12, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 760 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 12, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.