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Bernadotte Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Bernadotte Bridge at Bernadotte, built in 1910, is one of nine metal highway bridges in Fulton County, Illinois listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The bridge is located along County Route 2 between Smithfield, Illinois to the north, and Ipava, Illinois to the south.”

Wikipedia article Bernadotte Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 38 National Register listings published here for Fulton County · listed in 1980 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. SR 2, Smithfield, 61441
  • When was it listed? October 1980
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County TR
  • Township. Bernadotte township
  • National Register reference number. 80001360 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

The ground it stands on

2,999 words

The chapter on Bernadotte Township in History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 names Smithfield. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

John Cannon, farmer, sec. 4 ; P. O., Smithfield ; one of the old ])i()neers of this county, was l)orn in Sangamon Co. March 31, 1824, and with his parents came to Fulton county when only six weeks old, whi(!h place he has ever since made his honu\ July 4, 1846, he joined the 4th 111. Vols., Co. K, and was engaged in the battles of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, and most of the other imjxirtant battles of the Mexican war, being wounded at the last luimed place. He well remembers Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Jeff. Davis. He helped fire the first gun at Vera Cruz. Was mustered out at New Orleans June, 1847. Married Miss Jane Sherwood Dec. 15, 1847; three of the five children l)orn to this union are now living, viz: Telitha, Amanda and Charles. Has been Constable and is now Justice of the Peace. Has fought his way to a good farm and comfortable home. When a boy he knew no other playmates than the

Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.

Jamefi Camron, sec. 19. This man was an early settler here, and assisted in building the l)lock house on Tatten's prairie; a soldier in the Black Hawk war; engaged in many exciting hunts after wild hog-; ; helped saw the boards for the first tan-yard in Lewistown ; built the fourth house west of Lewistown, where Smithfield now stands, and on the same i sec. that Wm. Camron now owns. His father, Thomas Camron, was a native of Ireland ; came to Georgia when a small boy; then to Kentucky, White Co., 111., SangauH»n Co., 111., and this county. He died at the age of 80 vears. Mr. James Camron, the subject of this biography, was born in Henderson Co., Ky., Feb. 14, 1807; had no schooling, but by hard work has obtained a farm of 357 acres, besides some town property in Table Grove; has been twice married, and has 11 children, of whom 8 are living, namely, Thomas ()., Senreua B., Nancy E,, Caroline, Rebecca A., James, Elizabeth and John. His first marriage was in March, 1828, to Elizabeth Herell, a native of Kentucky ; his second was in 1874, to Matilda Ellis, a widow.

Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Bernadotte Township - 2,999 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Storms near this property

20 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithfield, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2018Tornado (EF0)Smithfield$30,000A tornado touched down in a field about 1.5 miles ESE of Smithfield at 4:38pm CDT. The tornado travelled slowly southeastward, impacting one farmstead along its path. A pole barn and small shed were destroyed, with flying debris from the barn causing minor roof and siding damage to the house. The tornado continued along its path doing minor crop damage along the way before dissipating 3 miles SSW of Cuba at 4:48pm CDT.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindSmithfield$10,000Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindSmithfield$4,000Two power poles were snapped near Smithfield.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSmithfield$2,000A tree was blown onto IL-95 near Smithfield.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-A power pole was snapped and a tree was blown over.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-Power poles were blown down.
July 2024Flash FloodSmithfield-Roadway damage occurred along Route 95 due to flash flooding.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-Two telephone poles leaned over due to high winds.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down from Marietta, to Smithfield, to Lewistown.
June 2002Tornado (F0)Smithfield-A tornado touched down 1.2 miles northwest of Smithfield at the west end of Stevens Road in a field. The tornado then briefly lifted before touching down once again in a field near Old Miller Lane. An unoccupied 15 foot travel trailer was picked up and destroyed. The tornado then lifted and dissipated. No injuries were reported.
August 2023HailSmithfield-no account filed
June 2020HailSmithfield-no account filed
September 2019HailSmithfield-no account filed
April 2016HailSmithfield-no account filed
June 2014HailSmithfield-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-no account filed
September 2006HailSmithfield-no account filed
July 2004HailSmithfield-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindSmithfield-no account filed
May 1995HailSmithfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Tartar's Ferry Bridge3.3 miles1980
Seville Bridge5.8 miles1980
Table Grove Community Church6.1 miles1979
Carithers Store Building6.1 miles1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80001360 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Fulton CountyAll 38 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.