Three Mile, North Carolina

Three Mile
Unincorporated community
Three Mile Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 35°59′06″N 81°58′42″W / 35.98500°N 81.97833°W / 35.98500; -81.97833Coordinates: 35°59′06″N 81°58′42″W / 35.98500°N 81.97833°W / 35.98500; -81.97833
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Avery County
Elevation	2,890 ft (881 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	28657
Area code(s)	828
GNIS feature ID	1023507^[1]

Three Mile is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located along NC 194 (Three Mile Highway); the name is derived from the distance of three miles between US 19-E to US 221.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Three Mile, North Carolina

Municipalities and communities of Avery County, North Carolina, United States

County seat: Newland

Towns	Banner Elk Beech Mountain‡ Crossnore Elk Park Newland Seven Devils‡

Villages	Grandfather Sugar Mountain

Unincorporated communities	Altamont Cranberry Frank Gragg Heaton Ingalls Linville Linville Falls‡ Minneapolis Montezuma Pineola Plumtree Roaring Creek Three Mile Vale

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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