Built in 1873. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
“Spencerville Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located at Spencerville, Indiana. It is a Smith Type 4 truss bridge on concrete piers.”
Wikipedia article Spencerville Covered Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 29 National Register listings published here for DeKalb County · listed in 1981 · category: Building · built in 1873.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Spencer Township in History of Dekalb County, Indiana, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families, published 1914 names Spencerville. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Spencerville is the only town of any consequence in the township. The town has about two hundred and seventy-five people, and several good business houses and stores. Two churches and two lodges have existence here. The town is not incorporated. One school building, a very complete and excellent structure, was erected in 1909 at a cost of seven thousand dollars. The Wabash railroad runs about two miles west of the town, and transfer is provided to the station.
Passage source: History of Dekalb County, Indiana, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families, published 1914.
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 Spencer Township - 126 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Spencerville Covered Bridge: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krafft Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spencerville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spencerville, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencerville | 3 hurt | Emergency management officials and local media report a 27 year old female was critically injured when a large tree fell onto her vehicle on County Road 68, near State Road 101 in Spencerville. The tree fell onto her minivan's roof between the windshield and rear of the front seats. The van continued forward before going off the road, striking a tree. Two minors were also in the van, but only suffered minor injuries. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencerville | - | A large tree limb fell onto a house, a motorhome, and powerlines. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Spencerville | - | Law enforcement officials reported some roof damage to a few structures as a result of the hail. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencerville | - | Local media reported a large tree was blown down across County Road 68, blocking traffic. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencerville | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines down in Spencerville. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Spencerville | - | Law Enforcement report |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencerville | - | Large branches were blown down. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Spencerville | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Spencerville | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Spencerville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencerville | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Spencerville | - | 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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 81000010 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| DeKalb County | All 29 listed properties in this county. |
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