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Welcome to Leitchfield Crossing ...

Leitchfield Crossing is located in Hart County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Leitchfield Crossing: Leitchfield Xing.

Leitchfield Crossing is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Leitchfield Crossing (for example, toward Campbellsville), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Leitchfield Crossing: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Leitchfield Crossing ...

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

  • Cave City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Horse Cave
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Upton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Park City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sonora
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Bonnieville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hiseville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Hiseville is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
  • Rowletts
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rowletts is located in Hart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
  • Winesap
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Winesap is located in Hart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
  • Priceville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Priceville is located in Hart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Leitchfield Crossing ...

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

Footnotes ...

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