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Welcome to Wake Crossroads ...

Wake Crossroads is located in Wake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Wake Crossroads: Wake Xrds.

Wake Crossroads is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Wake Crossroads ...

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

  • Raleigh
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cary
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Cary is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 173,587 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <4>
  • Wake Forest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Garner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Morrisville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Clayton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Knightdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Wendell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rolesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Zebulon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wake Crossroads ...

Looking for more information about Wake 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 Wake Crossroads, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wake 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 Wake 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 Wake Crossroads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Wake Crossroads 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.