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Welcome to Palmers Crossroads ...

Palmers Crossroads is located in Fauquier County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Palmers Crossroads: Palmers Xrds.

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

Palmers Crossroads is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Palmers Crossroads lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Palmers Crossroads: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Palmers Crossroads ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Palmers Crossroads - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Palmers Crossroads ...

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

  • Petersburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Culpeper
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Warrenton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Haymarket
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Remington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • The Plains
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Washington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Amissville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Turnbull
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Turnbull is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
  • Jeffersonton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palmers Crossroads ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Fauquier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Palmers 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Palmers Crossroads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Palmers 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.