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Do you know of Cross Keys ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cross Keys. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Cross Keys.<1>

Our sources for Cross Keys (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Cross Keys other than they indicate that Cross Keys would be found somewhere in DeKalb County, Georgia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1832 and closed  in 1907.

Communities Also Named Cross Keys ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Cross Keys.

There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Cross Keys.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Bibb County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cross Keys [Bibb County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Macon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cross Keys [Macon County].
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Cross Keys [Sussex County].
    • Louisiana
      • Tensas Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Cross Keys [Tensas Parish].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cross Keys [Saint Louis County].
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Cross Keys [Gloucester County].
    • Ohio
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cross Keys [Monroe County].
    • Oregon
      • Crook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Cross Keys [Crook County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cross Keys [Adams County].
      • Blair County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cross Keys [Blair County].
      • Bucks County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cross Keys [Bucks County].
      • Juniata County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cross Keys [Juniata County].
    • South Carolina
      • Union County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cross Keys [Union County].
    • Tennessee
      • Williamson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cross Keys [Williamson County].
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cross Keys [Rockingham County].
      • Southampton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cross Keys [Southampton County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cross Keys ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cross Keys:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Cross Keys - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  DeKalb County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in DeKalb County.

ArkThe Globe
ArmourGoodwins
Ashford Park 
 Little Five Points
Bartonwoods 
Belt JunctionMasonville
BelvedereMcAfee
BranMountain Park
Briarcliff 
BrookwoodNorthlake
Buysonville 
 Pendley Hills
Candler - McAfeePerimeter
Centerville 
Clear CreakSaterfield
 Sharpstown
DabneySkyland
DeerlandSouth Decatur
Deerwood Park 
DunaireToco Hills
  
EastwoodUti
EuniceUtoy
Executive Park 
 Vista-Grove
Flake 
 Wallaces Mill

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cross Keys could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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