Built in 1876. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
“The Salt Creek Covered Bridge, near Norwich in Perry Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, was built in 1876. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.”
Wikipedia article Salt Creek Covered Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 70 National Register listings in Muskingum County · listed in 1974 · category: Structure · built in 1876.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Perry Township in 1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882 names Norwich. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Jesse P. Hatch was Captain. He was a graduate in the Military School of Norwich, Vermont, under Captain Partridge. The company was, therefore, in good hands, and soon acquired proficiency in the manual then in use, as Captain Hatch was a fine di'ill master. He made the Greys a model company, in so much that the citizens were proud of it. But odd as it may appear, it is impossible to give a regular listof the membership. The last officers were : Captain, William C. Eli ; First Lieutenant, Lawson Wiles ; Ensign, J. C. Cherry. The company disbanded in 1845.
Passage source: 1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
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 Perry Township - 10,376 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Salt Creek Covered Bridge between 2012 and 2019, burning about 41 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4466 |
| 2 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,579 specimens collected within 10 miles of Salt Creek Covered Bridge between 1890 and 1975: 1,229 Animalia, 335 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 7 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. H. Wright, Adams, W., Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Scleroderris rubra Morgan | 1891 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
 | Peziza nana Massee & Morgan | 1895 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
 | Frullania saxicola Austin | 1896 | William C. Werner | |
 | Frullania eboracensis Lehm. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | |
 | Porella pinnata L. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
 | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
 | Lachnum viridulum Massee & Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
 | Peziza morganii Massee | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston (The no longer extant town of Preston, Ohio, was located in Hamilton County in the Miami River drainage). |
| Tapesia derelicta Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston | |
 | Bubo virginianus virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1908 | A. H. Wright | New Concord |
 | Medicago sativa L. | 1911 | Coleman, J. | New Concord |
 | Davainea Blanchard, 1891 | 1912 | E. Gay | Janesville |
All 1,579 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norwich, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | $20,000 | A large number of trees were down along side of I-70. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | $20,000 | Power outages in Norwich. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down near Zane Grey Road. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | $10,000 | Trained spotter reported multiple trees down. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | $5,000 | Local 911 center reported trees down on East Pike near Zane Grey Road. |
| September 2021 | Heavy Rain | Norwich | - | A storm total of 4.10 inches of rain was reported. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Norwich | - | Broadcast media reported quarter size hail in Norwich, OH. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | - | The county emergency manager reported that trees were blown down in the vicinity of Hiestand Lane. |
| June 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Norwich | - | The local sherrif department reported a funnel cloud along I-70 near mile marker 160, with a picture also received via social media. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Norwich | - | A citizen reported 1.81 inches of rain. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Norwich | - | Citizens of Muskingum County reported hail. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Norwich | - | Citizens of Muskingum County reported hail. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Norwich | - | Citizens of Muskingum County reported hail. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Norwich | - | A trained spotter reported over 2 inches of rain in the last 6 hours. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Norwich | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Norwich | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Norwich | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Norwich | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Norwich | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Norwich | - | 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.
When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.
most to the eaves. The roof is sheet metal.The portals are straight RECEIVED flooring. sheets.The siding has always been unpainted.In recent years it acknowledged expert on these old spans, describes the Warren truss is a fine example of the uncommon Warren truss. - Urban Planning - Political Other (Specify) - Science - Transportation STATEMENT OF
an Englishman, in 1848, giving rise to some controversy over the there are now only three left here in Ohio, all privately-owned. MAR 2 1 1974 Commerce Military Architecture Engineering Conservation SIGNIFICANCE losophy Communications Theater REGISTER Agriculture Prehistoric NATIONAL itarian Landscape Literature Education Music Aboriginal Social/Human- Pre-Columbian County.Research done by members of the Southern Ohio Covered Sculpture and friends of the Southern Ohio Covered Bridge Association Invention Industry condition.An interesting feature of this bridge is the metal now rare Warren truss plan said to have been invented by Russell Bridge Association indicatos that this bridge was built in the Religion/Phi. Covered Bridge Association.
18th Century They have renovated the old structure and keep it in excellent to Mr.Warren for this truss, but drawings of it do exist.A used by a farmer as storage for machinery.In 1960,the old from the creek it spans. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) read from inside the bridge. On October 21, 1962, an Ohio his- Bridge is the sito of the annual picnic of the Southern Ohio 1870'a. The builder is unknown.
The name of the bridge comes Art origin of this truss plan.The Warren truss was never common and The Salt Creek Bridge is the last such structure in Muskingum roof sheots which replaced the original shingle roof.Members The Salt Creek Covered Bridge spans Salt Creek ten miles east of the donors are stenciled on each sheet where they can be easily by the Ohio Historical Society.This marker honors tho builders Warren of Rhode Island in the l85o's.No patent was ever issued of all Ohio covered bridges. Each year in July, the Salt Creek donated money for one or more of these sheets and the names of
The whole case file for this property - 1,893 words, 14 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 74001587, 14 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hardesty, Ralph, Stone House | 2.8 miles | 1980 |
 | West Union School | 4.0 miles | 1978 |
 | Denison, William, House | 4.6 miles | 1982 |
 | "S" Bridge II | 5.0 miles | 1973 |
 | Stormont, David, House | 5.4 miles | 1983 |
| Hunter, James, Stone House | 5.4 miles | 1980 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001587 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Muskingum County | All 70 listed properties in this county. |
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