Three Churches, West Virginia

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Scanlon Log House

Three Churches is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. 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 Church, and Branch Mountain United Methodist Church.

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Branch Mountain United Methodist 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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Municipalities	Capon Bridge \| Romney
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