Census Data for Dodsons Crossroads
Although we found mention of Dodsons Crossroads during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Over time, we expect to discover additional information that will be added to our Gazetteer..
As far as we can tell, Dodsons Crossroads<2> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Dodsons Crossroads, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Carrboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrboro
- Carrboro is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrboro <4>
- Chapel Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapel Hill <4>
- Hillsborough
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsborough
- Hillsborough is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsborough <4>
- Mebane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mebane
- Mebane is located in Alamance County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mebane <4>
- Swepsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swepsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Haw River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haw River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw River
- Haw River is located in Alamance County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haw River <4>
- Durham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Durham is located in Durham County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durham <4>
- Graham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Graham is located in Alamance County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <4>
- Green Level
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Level have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
- Green Level is located in Alamance County
- Burlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Burlington is located in Alamance County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlington <4>
- Pittsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
- Pittsboro is located in Chatham County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pittsboro <4>
- Alamance
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Continue List (538 more) ...
- Morrisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrisville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Morrisville is located in Durham County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrisville <4>
- Elon College
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elon College came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon College
- Elon College is located in Alamance County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elon College <4>
- Elon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisville
Orange County ...
Dodsons Crossroads is located in Orange County<6>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Orange County.
Miscellaneous Information for Dodsons Crossroads ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Orange County or the community of Dodsons Crossroads:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 37 (North Carolina)
- County Code: 135 (Orange County)
- Place Code: 17400 (Dodsons Crossroads)
- State & County Code: 37/135 (North Carolina / Orange County)
- State & Place Code: 37/17400 (North Carolina / Dodsons Crossroads)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Dodsons Crossroads is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Dodsons Crossroads.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
The official website of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
The official website of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Dodsons Crossroads and then turned east". While Dodsons Crossroads could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Dodsons Crossroads as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Dodsons Crossroads could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another North Carolina community named Dodsons Crossroads. |
| <2> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Dodsons Crossroads may originally have been Dodson's Crossroads. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Dodsons Crossroads might be written as Dodson Crossroads. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Dodsons Crossroads. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <6> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |