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Welcome to Shotgun Crossing ...

Shotgun Crossing is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Shotgun Crossing is located in Rains County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Shotgun Crossing: Shotgun Xing.

Shotgun Crossing is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Shotgun Crossing: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Shotgun Crossing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shotgun Crossing.

  • Sulphur Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Grand Saline
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • West Tawakoni
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • West Tawakoni is located in Hunt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tawakoni
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
  • Quitman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Edgewood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Emory
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • East Tawakoni
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • East Tawakoni is located in Rains County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tawakoni
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
  • Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Cumby
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Como
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Como is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shotgun Crossing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Rains, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shotgun Crossing - 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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Shotgun Crossing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Shotgun Crossing 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.