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Welcome to Brents Cross Roads ...

Brents Cross Roads is located in Jefferson County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Brents Cross Roads: Brents Xrds.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Brents Cross Roads for more information about variations on the name of Brents Cross Roads.

Brents Cross Roads is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Brents Cross Roads lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Brents Cross Roads: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Brents Cross Roads ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Brents Cross Roads.

  • Birmingham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Center Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Hueytown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Gardendale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jasper
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Fultondale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pinson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Tarrant
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tarrant is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,081 people
    • Tarrant has also been known as:
    • Tarrant City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tarrant <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Brents Cross Roads. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Brents Cross Roads.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Brents Cross Roads. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brents Cross Roads.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Brents Cross Roads. See our Newspapers Page for Brents Cross Roads.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brents Cross Roads ...

Looking for more information about Brents Cross Roads? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Brents Cross Roads, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Brents Cross Roads.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brents Cross Roads - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Brents Cross Roads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Brents Cross Roads area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.