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Welcome to Merritts Crossroads ...

Merritts Crossroads is located in Houston County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Merritts Crossroads: Merritts Xrds.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Merritts Crossroads for more information about variations on the name of Merritts Crossroads.

Merritts Crossroads is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Merritts Crossroads lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Merritts Crossroads (for example, toward Cedar Springs (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Merritts Crossroads: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Merritts Crossroads ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Merritts Crossroads.

  • Dothan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Daleville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Taylor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Taylor is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,440 people
  • Midland City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Kinsey
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kinsey is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,293 people
  • Ashford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Graceville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cowarts
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Slocomb
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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 Merritts Crossroads. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Merritts Crossroads.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Merritts Crossroads. 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 Merritts Crossroads.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Merritts Crossroads ...

Looking for more information about Merritts Crossroads? 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 Merritts Crossroads, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Merritts Crossroads.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Houston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Merritts Crossroads - 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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Merritts Crossroads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Merritts Crossroads 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.