Three Brothers is an
unincorporated community in northwestern
Baxter County, Arkansas, United States.
The community is located on
Arkansas Route 5
Highway 5 (AR 5, Ark. 5, and Hwy. 5) is a designation for three state highways in Arkansas. The southern segment of runs from Highway 7 in Hot Springs north to US Highway 70 (US 70) in Little Rock. A northern segment of b ...
approximately three miles south of the Arkansas-
Missouri state line. The site is situated on a ridge three miles northeast of an arm of
Bull Shoals Lake and eight miles northwest of
Mountain Home
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...
.
[''Midway, AR,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966 (1982 rev.)]
A post office called Three Brothers was established in 1912, and remained in operation until 1953. The community was named after nearby
Three Brothers mountain which lie approximately 1.5 miles to the northwest along Route 5.
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References
Unincorporated communities in Baxter County, Arkansas
Unincorporated communities in Arkansas
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