Welcome to Cross Roads ...So far, we found very little information about Cross Roads. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Cross Roads to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cross Roads, please Contact Us. Cross Roads would have been located within present day Johnson County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cross Roads, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1881. A typical abbreviation for Cross Roads: Cross Rds. While the community is gone, the present day location for Cross Roads is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Cross Roads was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Cross Roads was located: 618 & 730<4> Communities Also Named Cross Roads ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 57 communities that are also named Cross Roads - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (10), California, Georgia (2), Indiana (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi (3), Missouri (5), New Brunswick (2), New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (7), Texas (9) and Virginia (4). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cross Roads. Communities near Cross Roads ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cross Roads.
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 Cross Roads. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cross Roads. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cross Roads. 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 Cross Roads. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cross Roads. See our Newspapers Page for Cross Roads. Adding Cross Roads to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cross Roads in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cross Roads was on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1881). For more details, see References and Mentions for Cross Roads. Footnotes ...
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