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Welcome to Three Notch ...

Three Notch is located in Bullock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Three Notch, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Three Notch is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Three Notch lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Three Notch (for example, toward Sanford (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Three Notch: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Three Notch ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Three Notch.

  • Union Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Clayton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hurtsboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hurtsboro is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
  • Midway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Midway is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Pine Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pine Grove is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
  • Smuteye
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Smuteye is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smuteye
  • Armstrong
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Armstrong is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
  • Inverness
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Inverness is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
  • Comer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Comer is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
  • Fort Davis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Three Notch. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Three Notch.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Three Notch. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Three Notch.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Three Notch. See our Newspapers Page for Three Notch.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Three Notch ...

Looking for more information about Three Notch? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Three Notch, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Three Notch.

Adding Three Notch to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Three Notch in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Three Notch was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Three Notch post office opened in 1871. The Three Notch post office closed in 1974.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Three Notch.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Bullock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Three Notch - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Three Notch area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Three Notch area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/