Welcome to Cross ...Cross is located Cross is located in Grimes County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cross, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899. Cross is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Cross lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Cross: 936 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Cross: This one is located in Grimes County and the other is located in McMullen County. Beyond Texas, there are 13 communities that are also named Cross - they are located in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cross. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cross. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cross. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cross. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cross. 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 Cross. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cross. See our Newspapers Page for Cross. Looking for more information about Cross? 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 Cross, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cross. We originally found mention of Cross 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 (so far) for Cross was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Cross.
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