Do you know of Three Rivers ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Three Rivers. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Three Rivers.

Our sources for Three Rivers (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Three Rivers other than they indicate that Three Rivers would be found somewhere in Polk County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1848 and closed  in 1854.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Three Rivers ...

We found nine communities that share the name Three Rivers.

Within Iowa, the name Three Rivers is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Tulare County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Three Rivers [Tulare County].
  • Florida
    • Franklin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Three Rivers [Franklin County].
  • Massachusetts
    • Hampden County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Three Rivers [Hampden County].
  • Michigan
    • Saint Joseph County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Three Rivers [Saint Joseph County].
  • Mississippi
    • Jackson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Three Rivers [Jackson County].
  • New Mexico
    • Otero County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Three Rivers [Otero County].
  • New York
    • Onondaga County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Three Rivers [Onondaga County].
  • Oregon
    • Deschutes County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Three Rivers [Deschutes County].
  • Texas
    • Live Oak County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Three Rivers [Live Oak County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Three Rivers ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Three Rivers:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in  Polk County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Polk County.