Three Brothers, Arkansas

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Three Brothers is an unincorporated community in northwestern Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. [1]

The community is located on Arkansas Highway 5 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. [2]

The community was formerly known as Vin, and was once a thriving community with a newspaper, The Ozark Clarion. [3] A post office called Three Brothers was established in 1912, and remained in operation until 1953. [4] The community was named after nearby Three Brothers mountain which lie approximately 1.5 miles to the northwest along Route 5. [5] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Three Brothers, Arkansas
  2. 1 2 Midway, AR, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966 (1982 rev.)
  3. ↑ Messick, Mary Ann (1973). History of Baxter County (Centennial ed.). Mountain Home, Arkansas: Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce. p. 78. LCCN   73-82235. OCLC   724611.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  5. ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 131.

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