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Welcome to Franklin Cross Roads ...

Franklin Cross Roads is located in Hardin County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Franklin Cross Roads: Franklin Xrds.

Franklin Cross Roads is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Franklin Cross Roads lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Franklin Cross Roads (for example, toward Fordsville), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Franklin Cross Roads: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Franklin Cross Roads ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Franklin Cross Roads.

  • Elizabethtown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Radcliff
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Leitchfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Vine Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hodgenville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lebanon Junction
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Muldraugh
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Clarkson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Upton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sonora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Franklin Cross Roads ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Hardin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Franklin Cross Roads - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Franklin Cross Roads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Franklin Cross Roads 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.