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Welcome to Plumbs Cross Roads ...

So far, we found very little information about Plumbs Cross Roads. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Plumbs Cross Roads to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Plumbs Cross Roads, please Contact Us.

Plumbs Cross Roads would have been located within present day Paulding County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Plumbs Cross Roads, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Plumbs Cross Roads: Plumbs Xrds.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Plumbs Cross Roads for more information about variations on the name of Plumbs Cross Roads.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Plumbs Cross Roads is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Plumbs Cross Roads was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Plumbs Cross Roads was located: 419 & 567<4>

Communities near Plumbs Cross Roads ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Plumbs Cross Roads.

  • Defiance
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Van Wert
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Delphos
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Ottawa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Paulding
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbus Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Elida
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Elida is located in Allen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,810 people
  • Kalida
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Payne
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Payne is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <5>
  • Continental
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

Adding Plumbs Cross Roads to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Plumbs Cross Roads in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Plumbs Cross Roads was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plumbs Cross Roads.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Plumbs Cross Roads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Paulding, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Plumbs Cross Roads - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Plumbs Cross Roads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Plumbs Cross Roads area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.