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Welcome to Bloods Wood Crossing ...

Bloods Wood Crossing is located in Knox County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Bloods Wood Crossing: Bloods Wood Xing.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Bloods Wood Crossing for more information about variations on the name of Bloods Wood Crossing.

Bloods Wood Crossing is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bloods Wood Crossing lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: While Bloods Wood Crossing is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the west is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Bloods Wood Crossing: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Bloods Wood Crossing ...

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

  • Vincennes
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Princeton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mount Carmel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lawrenceville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Sumner
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sumner is located in Lawrence County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,961 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumner <4>
  • Petersburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Petersburg is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
  • Bridgeport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Owensville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Patoka
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Patoka is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 784 people
  • Saint Francisville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bloods Wood Crossing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bloods Wood Crossing - 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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Bloods Wood Crossing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Bloods Wood Crossing 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.