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Welcome to Three Churches ...

Three Churches is located in Hampshire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Three Churches, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Three Churches is 1,310 feet [399 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Three Churches lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Three Churches: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Three Churches ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Three Churches - it's located in Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Three Churches.

Communities near Three Churches ...

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

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 Churches. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Three Churches.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Three Churches. 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 Churches.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Three Churches ...

Looking for more information about Three Churches? 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 Churches, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Three Churches.

Adding Three Churches to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Three Churches 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 Churches was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Three Churches post office opened in 1887. The Three Churches post office closed in 1989.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Hampshire, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Three Churches - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Three Churches area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Three Churches 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/