Three Churches is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County

Hampshire County, West Virginia

Hampshire County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 23,964. Its county seat is Romney, West Virginia's oldest town . Hampshire County was created by the Virginia General Assembly on December 13, 1753, from parts of Frederick and Augusta counties ...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

. The town is located north of Romney

Romney, West Virginia

Romney is a city in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,940 at the 2000 census, while the area covered by the city's ZIP code had a population of 5,873. It is a city with a very historic background dating back to the 18th century...

 along Jersey Mountain Road

Jersey Mountain Road

Jersey Mountain Road is Hampshire County, West Virginia's Secondary Route 5. The road runs mostly atop or to the east of South Branch Mountain from Levels to the Northwestern Turnpike east of Romney. South Branch Mountain was originally named Jersey Mountain by the colonial settlers of the...

 (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 Church

Mount Bethel Church is a Presbyterian church located at the junction of County Route 5 and County Route 5/4 in the unincorporated community of Three Churches north of Romney in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.The Presbyterians established a church near here in 1792...

, Mount Bethel Primitive Baptist

Primitive Baptist

Primitive Baptists, also known as Hard Shell Baptists or Anti-Mission Baptists, are conservative, Calvinist Baptists adhering to beliefs that formed out of the controversy among Baptists in the early 1800’s over the appropriateness of mission boards, bible tract societies, and temperance...

 Church, and Branch Mountain United Methodist Church

United Methodist Church

The United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley...

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Historic sites

• Branch Mountain United Methodist Church
• Mount Bethel Church
  Mount Bethel Church
  Mount Bethel Church is a Presbyterian church located at the junction of County Route 5 and County Route 5/4 in the unincorporated community of Three Churches north of Romney in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.The Presbyterians established a church near here in 1792...
  
  - Hampshire County's oldest standing house of worship.
• Mount Bethel Primitive Baptist Church
• Scanlon Log House
  Scanlon Farm
  Scanlon Farm is a late 19th-century loghouse and farm overlooking Three Churches Run east of the unincorporated community of Three Churches, West Virginia...
  
  - Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
  National Register of Historic Places
  The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
  
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