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Do you know of Cross Roads ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cross Roads. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Cross Roads.

Our sources for Cross Roads (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Cross Roads other than they indicate that Cross Roads would be found somewhere in Halifax County, Virginia.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Cross Roads ...

We found 56 communities that share the name Cross Roads.

There are three communities within Virginia that are also named Cross Roads.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another 53 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 53 communities, 52 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cross Roads [Franklin County].
    • Russell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cross Roads [Russell County].
    • Shenandoah County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cross Roads [Shenandoah County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clarke County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cross Roads [Clarke County].
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cross Roads [Benton County].
      • Bradley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cross Roads [Bradley County].
      • Grant County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cross Roads [Grant County].
      • Hot Spring County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cross Roads [Hot Spring County].
      • Little River County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cross Roads [Little River County].
      • Logan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cross Roads [Logan County].
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cross Roads [Madison County].
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cross Roads [Monroe County].
      • Ouachita County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cross Roads [Ouachita County].
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cross Roads [Washington County].
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Cross Roads [San Bernardino County].
    • Georgia
      • Hart County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cross Roads [Hart County].
      • Paulding County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cross Roads [Paulding County].
    • Illinois
      • Johnson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Cross Roads [Johnson County].
    • Indiana
      • Delaware County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Cross Roads [Delaware County].
      • Ripley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Cross Roads [Ripley County].
    • Kentucky
      • Carter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Cross Roads [Carter County].
    • Louisiana
      • Red River Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Cross Roads [Red River Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Cross Roads [Charles County].
    • Mississippi
      • Noxubee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Cross Roads [Noxubee County].
      • Rankin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Cross Roads [Rankin County].
      • Tishomingo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Cross Roads [Tishomingo County].
    • Missouri
      • Dade County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cross Roads [Dade County].
      • Douglas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cross Roads [Douglas County].
      • Ozark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cross Roads [Ozark County].
      • Saint Francois County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cross Roads [Saint Francois County].
      • Stone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cross Roads [Stone County].
    • New Brunswick
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Cross Roads.
    • New York
      • Cayuga County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cross Roads [Cayuga County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Cross Roads.
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Cross Roads.
    • Oklahoma
      • Hughes County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Cross Roads [Hughes County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cross Roads [York County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Cross Roads.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cross Roads [Oconee County].
      • Richland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cross Roads [Richland County].
    • Tennessee
      • Cannon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cross Roads [Cannon County].
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cross Roads [Carroll County].
      • DeKalb County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cross Roads [DeKalb County].
      • Dyer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cross Roads [Dyer County].
      • Macon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cross Roads [Macon County].
      • Stewart County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cross Roads [Stewart County].
      • Warren County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cross Roads [Warren County].
    • Texas
      • Cherokee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cross Roads [Cherokee County].
      • Comanche County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cross Roads [Comanche County].
      • Denton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cross Roads [Denton County].
      • Fisher County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cross Roads [Fisher County].
      • Henderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cross Roads [Henderson County].
      • Leon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cross Roads [Leon County].
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cross Roads [Madison County].
      • Navarro County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cross Roads [Navarro County].
      • Rusk County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cross Roads [Rusk County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cross Roads ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cross Roads:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Cross Roads - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Cross Roads.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/20448   (Place Name: Cross Roads)

County: Halifax     (FIPS State/County: 51/083)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Cross Roads) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Halifax County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Halifax County.

BasssesMaxwelton
BayouMcHolt
BentleyvilleMeadsville
Birchland ParkMerritt Hills
Black WalnutMount Carmel
Bowden 
Buck ShoalNeathery
 News Ferry
Chaffin 
ChildryOak Level
Church Hill 
ClarkoniaPace
Clover DepotPoolville
Cristie 
 Ramble
DenistonResidence
 Rogersville
Fly 
 Sherwood Forest
GreendunStebbins
 Stith
Hickson 
Hillcrest GardensToka
Houston 
Hyco FallsVerdon Hill
 Vicarol
IvyviewVioletta
  
Locust LevelWashington City
Loves ShopWests Store
 Whitlock

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cross Roads could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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