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Welcome to Crosby Crossing ...

Crosby Crossing is located in Apache County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Crosby Crossing: Crosby Xing.

Crosby Crossing is 8,650 feet [2,637 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Crosby Crossing is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Crosby Crossing lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Crosby Crossing and travel east, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Area Code for Crosby Crossing: 928

Communities near Crosby Crossing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Crosby Crossing.

  • Eagar
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Springerville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Nutrioso
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Greer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Northwoods
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
    • Northwoods is located in Apache County
  • Sprucedale ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sprucedale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucedale
    • Sprucedale is located in Greenlee County
  • Alpine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Luna
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Blue
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Vernon
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crosby Crossing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Apache, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crosby Crossing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.