Three Churches is an
unincorporated community
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in
Hampshire County in the
U.S. state
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of
West Virginia
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. The town is located north of
Romney along Jersey Mountain Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 5) at a crossroads with
Three Churches Hollow Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 5/4). Originally known as Jersey Mountain, Three Churches was renamed for the three historic white wooden churches located there:
Mount Bethel Church, Mount Bethel
Primitive Baptist
Primitive Baptists – also known as Regular Baptists, Old School Baptists, Foot Washing Baptists, or, derisively, Hard Shell Baptists – are conservative Baptists adhering to a degree of Calvinist beliefs who coalesced out of the contr ...
Church, and Branch Mountain
United Methodist Church
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. The Three Churches Post Office
is no longer in service.
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Historic sites
*Branch Mountain United Methodist Church - The last remaining active church will close on June 30, 2012. The Cemetery Association will keep the building available for weddings, funerals, and special community services. The phone number is listed on the sign outside of the church.
*
Mount Bethel Church - Hampshire County's oldest standing house of worship.
*Mount Bethel Primitive Baptist Church
*
Scanlon Log House - Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Active organizations in the area
*Jersey Mountain Ruritan Club
References
External links
Church View Farm
Unincorporated communities in Hampshire County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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