Three-mile laws
Three-mile laws refer to the laws passed during the temperance movement in many southern and mid-western states during the 19th and early 20th centuries. These laws were normally passed at the local or county level, but some laws were passed by state governments. The laws required all liquor stores, bars, and other liquor establishments to be built at least three miles away from a church or a school. Some remote counties still enact the three-miles laws today.
See also
References
- Hartley, Jillian (2001). Arkansas Sunday Laws in the nineteenth century (M.A. thesis). Arkansas State University.
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