Our Genealogy Helper

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 River Junction (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 River Junction. 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.

Name Variations for Three River Junction ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Three River Junction: Three Riv. Jct. (or less commonly used: Three Riv. Jctn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 hospitals and 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 River Junction is located in Teton County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Teton County: Bonneville (ID), Fremont (ID), Teton (ID), Gallatin (MT), Fremont, Lincoln, Park & Sublette.

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

• Teton County     (The home county of Three River Junction)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Three River Junction, with the one closest to Three River Junction listed first.
  • Colter Bay Village
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colter Bay Village
    • Colter Bay Village is located in Teton County
    • Colter Bay Village has also been known as:
    • Colter Bay
  • Lake
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
    • Lake is located in Teton County
• Fremont County (ID)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Three River Junction, with the one closest to Three River Junction listed first.
  • Warm River
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm River
    • Warm River is located in Fremont County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
  • Box Canyon
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Canyon
    • Box Canyon is located in Fremont County (ID)
  • Macks Inn
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Inn
    • Macks Inn is located in Fremont County (ID)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macks Inn <1>
  • Island Park
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
    • Island Park is located in Fremont County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Island Park <1>
  • Squirrel
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squirrel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel
    • Squirrel is located in Fremont County (ID)
  • Drummond
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drummond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
    • Drummond is located in Fremont County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
  • Marysville
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Marysville is located in Fremont County (ID)
• Gallatin County (MT)
  • West Yellowstone
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Yellowstone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yellowstone
    • West Yellowstone is located in Gallatin County (MT)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Yellowstone <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Three River Junction ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Three River Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Three River Junction, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Three River Junction.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 River Junction:

• Websites specific to Wyoming
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Wyoming State Archives

• Pages specific to Teton County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Fremont County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Gallatin County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Wyoming
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wyoming
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Wyoming
  • Cemeteries of Teton County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wyoming
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Wyoming
  • Cemeteries of Teton County

Cemeteries Near Three River Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Three River Junction.

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 River Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Mattie Culver Gravesite
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mattie Culver Gravesite
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2268019 <4>
• Squirrel Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Squirrel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Squirrel Cemetery
• Shults Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shults Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Teton County: www.tetonwyo.org/

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/