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Welcome to Cherry Crossroads ...

Cherry Crossroads is located in Clay County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Cherry Crossroads: Cherry Xrds.

Cherry Crossroads is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cherry Crossroads lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Cherry Crossroads, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Cherry Crossroads: 931

Communities Also Named Cherry Crossroads ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cherry Crossroads - it's located in North Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cherry Crossroads.

Communities near Cherry Crossroads ...

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

  • Columbus Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbus Hill is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 36,071 people
  • Difficult
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Difficult is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
  • Lafayette
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Thompsons Store
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Tompkinsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Celina
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Red Boiling Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gainesboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Gamaliel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Fountain Run
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cherry Crossroads ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cherry Crossroads - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.