Grahamsville, Sullivan County

On the west side of Grahamsville you can stop by the 40-foot Chestnut Creek Covered Bridge, also known as the Grahamsville Covered Bridge. It is a single span, steel stringer bridge that has the look of a town lattice truss. The bridge spans Chestnut Creek and is open to vehicular traffic. The replica bridge was erected for the 1976 Bicentennial as a dramatic entrance to the town fairgrounds, home to the Grahamsville Little World’s Fair. It was constructed by volunteers, and supervised by Robert Grey, using lumber cut from a stand of hemlock trees in the area. The bridge is owned by the local Neversink Agricultural Society.

The hamlet of Grahamsville, part of the Neversink Township (formed in 1798) and within Sullivan County (formed in 1809), was first settled in the late 18th century. Grahamsville was first known as Chestnut Valley, for its plentiful chestnut trees, and later as Unionville. Today, the hamlet takes its name from the leader, Lieutenant John Graham, of a Continental Army unit of eighteen Americans that was massacred nearby in 1778.