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Welcome to Wares Crossroads ...

Wares Crossroads is located in Troup County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Wares Crossroads: Wares Xrds.

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

Wares Crossroads is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wares Crossroads lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Wares Crossroads (for example, toward Roanoke (AL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Wares Crossroads: 706 & 762<3>

Communities Also Named Wares Crossroads ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wares Crossroads - it's located in Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wares Crossroads.

Communities near Wares Crossroads ...

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

  • LaGrange
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lanett
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Lanett is located in Chambers County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanett
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,054 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lanett <4>
  • Roanoke
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Roanoke is located in Randolph County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,940 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roanoke <4>
  • Graysons Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
  • West Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Grantville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hogansville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Louise
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Louise is located in Troup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
    • Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
  • Franklin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Centralhatchee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wares Crossroads ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Troup, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wares 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 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Wares Crossroads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Wares 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.