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Welcome to Drapers Crossroads ...

Drapers Crossroads is located in Macon County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Drapers Crossroads: Drapers Xrds.

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

Drapers Crossroads is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Drapers Crossroads: 615 & 629<3>

Communities near Drapers Crossroads ...

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

  • Columbus Hill
    (18 miles [29 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
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Difficult is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
  • Hartsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lafayette
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Westmoreland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Carthage
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Tompkinsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • South Carthage
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • South Carthage is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carthage
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
  • Red Boiling Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Gainesboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drapers Crossroads ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drapers 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 615 code has been Overlayed with the 629 area code. New phone numbers in the Drapers Crossroads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Drapers 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.