Built in 1855. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
“The Crooks Covered Bridge is a single span Burr Arch Truss structure that crosses Little Raccoon Creek built in 1855-1856 by Henry Wolf just southeast of Rockville, Indiana.”
Wikipedia article Crooks 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 1855.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crooks Bridge: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parke Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgeton, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeton | $125,000 | Thunderstorm straight line winds damaged a garage in the Bridgeton community and a small barn and large shed on Mansfield Road, with a couple trees onto houses, and Indiana Route 59 closed from downed trees and power poles. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeton | $3,000 | Several trees were reported down just southeast of Bridgeton due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Bridgeton | - | The National Weather Service survey team has determined an EF-0 tornado struck near Bridgeton in Parke County. This tornado had wind speeds of near 80 mph cutting a path 0.4 miles long and 30 yards wide. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bridgeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgeton | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | McAllister Bridge | 1.0 miles | 1978 |
 | Neet Bridge | 1.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Billie Creek Bridge | 2.7 miles | 1978 |
 | Nevins Bridge | 3.0 miles | 1978 |
 | State Sanitorium Bridge | 3.2 miles | 1978 |
 | Rockville Chautauqua Pavilion | 3.4 miles | 1999 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78000391 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Parke County | All 47 listed properties in this county. |
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