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Photograph of Catlin Covered Bridge
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Catlin Bridge

Built in 1907. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The Catlin Covered Bridge is a single span Burr Arch truss covered bridge structure in Rockville, Indiana that was built by Clark McDaniel in 1907.”

Wikipedia article Catlin Covered Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 47 National Register listings published here for Parke County · listed in 1978 · category: Structure · built in 1907.

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. N of Rockville off US 41, Rockville, 47872
  • When was it listed? December 1978
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Parke County Covered Bridges TR
  • Township. Adams township
  • When was it built? 1907
  • National Register reference number. 78000387 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Catlin Bridge: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Parke Co. Hwy. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Parke County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Parke County

Storms near this property

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockville, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 30 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 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
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRockville$150,000Numerous trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts on roads including including US 36 and IN 59. Over 4500 power outages caused by the storm.
April 2018Flash FloodRockville$20,000Numerous roads were closed due to flooding across the county from heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Flash flooding washed out several rural roads with debris left behind.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindRockville$20,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindRockville$5,000Numerous trees down by thunderstorm wind gusts across Parke County.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRockville$1,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree over US 41 near Snake Hollow.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRockville$1,000Several 4 to 6 inch tree limbs were snapped near West Strawberry Road in Rockville due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindRockville$1,000The roof of a minibarn was blown off.
October 1996Thunderstorm WindRockville$500no account filed
October 2021Thunderstorm WindRockville-A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured with a personal weather station.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRockville-Several trees of unknown size were downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRockville-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 50 to 60 mph were observed in this location.
February 2011HailRockville-Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported in this location, along with gusty winds from a severe thunderstorm.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRockville-Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2007HailRockville-Hail ranging in diameter from pea to quarter size was reported by the emergency manager.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRockville-Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRockville-A large tree was downed.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-Several trees were downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-Large limbs were downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-A small tree was downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-Trees and power lines were downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-Trees and large limbs were downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-Trees were downed.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindRockville-A few trees were downed.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindRockville-Several trees blown down.
March 2012HailRockville-no account filed
April 2006HailRockville-no account filed
May 2006HailRockville-no account filed
June 2006HailRockville-no account filed
May 2005HailRockville-no account filed
May 2004HailRockville-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
May 2003Flash FloodRockville-no account filed
May 2003HailRockville-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
April 2002Flash FloodRockville-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
May 2001HailRockville-no account filed
May 2001HailRockville-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindRockville-no account filed
April 1996HailRockville-no account filed
April 1996HailRockville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Parke 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

6 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
William Hill Polygonal Barn1.7 miles1993
William E. and Carolyn Davis House1.8 miles2022
Rockville Historic District1.9 miles1993
Rockville Chautauqua Pavilion2.2 miles1999
Billie Creek Bridge2.7 miles1978
Leatherwood Station Bridge3.6 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78000387 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Parke CountyAll 47 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.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • 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.