Foundation For Kentucky's Lost Covered Bridges

1862 Map of the Simpson County Kentucky area of Kentucky.

Map was commisioned by Sergeant Major Buell of the Union Army in charge of the Ohio Division. His maps are considered to be the most accurate maps of this time period.

From The Library of Congress Digital Map Collections

Covered Bridge near Woodsbury

This covered bridge was mentioned in an article in the Lexington Newspaper of 1829. The lost bridge crossed the west fork of Drake Creek in Simpson County Kentucky. The newspaper article relates that the bridge was haunted. The covered bridge was washed away by a flood in 1910. Below is a close-up of the area in an 1862 map.

Map is From The Library of Congress Digital Map Collections