Foundation For Kentucky's Lost Covered Bridges

 1862 Map of Fleming County Kentucky

 1862 Map of Flemingsburg Kentucky

1862 Map of Fleming County commissioned by Major General Buell of the Ohio Division of The Union Army considered to be the most accurate of this time period.

From The Library of Congress Digital Map Collections

The Goddard (White) Covered Bridge

The Goddard Covered Bridge is located in Fleming County, just off Route 32 at Goddard Kentucky. Goddard Covered Bridge is a sixty three foot covered bridge built on the Town Lattice Truss design, the only remaining Town Lattice in the state.. Lewis Stockton Bower Jr. restored Goddard Covered Bridge in 1968.

Goddard Covered Bridge near Goddard in Fleming County Kentucky.

The Goddard Covered Bridge

Grange City Covered Bridge is located on Highway 111 about three miles south of Hillsboro.  Grange City Covered Bridge has a multi-kingpost truss design. The covered bridge was built very soon after  the end of The Civil War ( about 1865). The Grange City Covered Bridge spans Fox Creek in Fleming County and is a single span bridge. Grange City Covered Bridge was bypassed about 1969 with a concrete bridge nearby.

Ringos Mill Covered Bridge

The Ringos Mill Covered Bridge spans Fox Creek in a single span.  This covered bridge was built about 1867. The map from 1862 shows a road and water crossing at Fox Creek at that time period. The indications are that this covered bridge or the Grange City Covered was there at that time period. This would suggest that a prior covered bridge existed before one of these two covered bridges.

   Ringos Mill Covered Bridge is eighty five feet long and built very closely to to the design of the Grange City Covered Bridge. These two covered bridges were probably built by the same bridge builder. Ringos Mill Covered Bridge once led to Ringos Mill that once ground corn and grain for the area. Below is a map showing the water crossing in 1862;

 

 1862 Map of Fox Creek water crossing in Fleming County.