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Welcome to Beaverton Crossroads ...

Beaverton Crossroads is located in Boone County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Beaverton Crossroads: Beaverton Xrds.

Beaverton Crossroads is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Beaverton Crossroads: 815 & 779<3>

Communities near Beaverton Crossroads ...

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

  • Rockford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Beloit
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Beloit is located in Rock County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,637 people
  • Belvidere
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Loves Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Machesney Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Roscoe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Roscoe is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <4>
  • Harvard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Delavan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Delavan is located in Walworth County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,240 people
  • South Beloit
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockton
    (13 miles [20.9 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 Beaverton Crossroads. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beaverton Crossroads.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beaverton Crossroads ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Boone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beaverton 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Beaverton Crossroads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Beaverton 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.