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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Three Way (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Three Way. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Three Way is located in Greenlee County.

To see how the shape of Arizona's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greenlee County: Apache, Cochise, Graham, Catron (NM), Grant (NM) & Hidalgo (NM).

Below are the counties that are near Three Way. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Three Way:

  • Greenlee County     (The home county of Three Way)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Three Way, with the one closest to Three Way listed first.
    • Guthrie
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guthrie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
      • Guthrie is located in Greenlee County
    • York
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
      • York is located in Greenlee County
    • Clifton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Morenci
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sheldon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
      • Sheldon is located in Greenlee County
    • Metcalf ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Metcalf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
      • Metcalf is located in Greenlee County
    • Duncan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Greenlee County
  • Graham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Three Way, with the one closest to Three Way listed first.
    • San Jose
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
      • San Jose is located in Graham County
    • Solomon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Whitlock Cienega ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitlock Cienega have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock Cienega
      • Whitlock Cienega is located in Graham County
    • Graham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Graham is located in Graham County
    • Safford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Catron County (NM)
    • Pleasanton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
      • Pleasanton is located in Catron County (NM)
  • Grant County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Three Way, with the one closest to Three Way listed first.
    • Mule Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Buckhorn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Hidalgo County (NM)
    • Virden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
      • Virden is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Three Way, see our County-by-County Page for Three Way.

Newspapers Published in Three Way ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Three Way.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Three Way, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Three Way.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Three Way:

Cemeteries Near Three Way ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Three Way.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Three Way covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Three Way, with the one closest to Three Way listed first.

  • Clifton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Metcalf Indian Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Metcalf Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sheldon Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bunkers Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Florence Mine Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Florence Mine Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Florence Mine Cemetery
  • Old Morenci Mexicano Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Morenci Mexicano Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • The Old Morenci Mexicano Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Morenci Catholic Cemetery
    • Pioneer Mexicano Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Morenci Mexicano Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2198191 <5>
  • Charles Allen Hamblin Gravesite
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Sanchez Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanchez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanchez Cemetery
  • Duncan Valley Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Duncan Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Franklin Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Virden Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • San Jose Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Jose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Jose Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

While we didn't find Three Way in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Three Way.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Three Way, with the one closest to Three Way listed first.

  • Guthrie
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guthrie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
    • Guthrie is located in Greenlee County
  • York
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • York is located in Greenlee County
  • Clifton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Morenci
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sheldon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
    • Sheldon is located in Greenlee County
  • Duncan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Safford
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Three Way. See our List of 1890's Communities around Three Way.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Three Way. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Greenlee County: www.co.greenlee.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Three Way) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Three Way. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9484, Longitude: -109.2303       In this case, the coordinates for Three Way have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Three Way, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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