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Welcome to Wares Crossroads ...

Wares Crossroads is located in Louisa County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Wares Crossroads: Wares Xrds.

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

Wares Crossroads is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Wares Crossroads ...

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

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

Communities near Wares Crossroads ...

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

  • Orange
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Louisa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gordonsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Mineral
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Glenora
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
  • Belmont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Pendleton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pendleton is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
  • Danton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Danton is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danton
  • Harris ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Harris is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Lewiston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lewiston is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wares Crossroads ...

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

Footnotes ...

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