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Welcome to Columbia Cross Roads ...

Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County<1>.



Google driving directions from your current location to Columbia Cross Roads (Patience, this may take a moment).


While we don't have a date for the founding of Columbia Cross Roads, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1826.

A typical abbreviation for Columbia Cross Roads: Columbia Xrds.

Columbia Cross Roads is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Columbia Cross Roads lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Columbia Cross Roads: 570 & 272<3>

The ZIP code for Columbia Cross Roads: 16914<4>

Communities near Columbia Cross Roads ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Columbia Cross Roads ...

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

Adding Columbia Cross Roads to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Columbia Cross Roads in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Columbia Cross Roads was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Columbia Cross Roads post office opened in 1826.

We also found Columbia Cross Roads in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Columbia Cross Roads. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bradford County: www.bradfordcountypa.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Bradford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Columbia Cross Roads - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Columbia Cross Roads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Columbia Cross Roads area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Columbia Cross Roads). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Columbia Cross Roads or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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