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Welcome to Sloans Crossing ...

Sloans Crossing is located in Edmonson County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Sloans Crossing: Sloans Xing.

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

Sloans Crossing is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Sloans Crossing and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

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

Communities near Sloans Crossing ...

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

  • Glasgow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cave City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Horse Cave
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Munfordville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Brownsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Smiths Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Park City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Plum Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Plum Springs is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
  • Bonnieville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Hiseville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Hiseville is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sloans Crossing ...

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

Footnotes ...

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