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Welcome to Hollemans Crossroads ...

Hollemans Crossroads is located in Wake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Hollemans Crossroads: Hollemans Xrds.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Hollemans Crossroads for more information about variations on the name of Hollemans Crossroads.

Hollemans Crossroads is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hollemans Crossroads lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hollemans Crossroads: 919 & 984<3>

The community of Hollemans Crossroads was previously named Enno. Going back to its beginning, Hollemans Crossroads was originally named Collins<4>. For more information about the names of Hollemans Crossroads, see The Names of Hollemans Crossroads on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Hollemans Crossroads ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hollemans Crossroads.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hollemans Crossroads ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Wake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hollemans Crossroads - 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 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Hollemans Crossroads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Hollemans Crossroads area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Hollemans Crossroads may originally have been Holleman's Crossroads. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hollemans Crossroads might be written as Holleman Crossroads. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Hollemans Crossroads.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.