Cross Keys, Alabama

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Cross Keys
Unincorporated community
Cross Keys is located in Alabama
Cross Keys
Cross Keys
Location in Alabama.
Coordinates: 32°20′02″N 85°53′36″W / 32.33389°N 85.89333°W / 32.33389; -85.89333Coordinates: 32°20′02″N 85°53′36″W / 32.33389°N 85.89333°W / 32.33389; -85.89333
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMacon
Elevation
272 ft (83 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)334
GNIS feature ID156232[1]

Cross Keys is an unincorporated community in Macon County, Alabama, United States.

History[]

Cross Keys is located south of the former Montgomery and West Point Railroad.[2] The community was named in honor of Cross Keys, South Carolina, the birthplace of early settler J. H. Howard.[3] A post office operated under the name Cross Keys from 1837 to 1906.[4] The community was formerly home to a high school.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Cross Keys". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ "Shelbyville, TN to Montgomery, AL to Oglethorpe, GA to Macon, GA". Library of Congress. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 127. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  4. ^ "Macon County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  5. ^ Alabama (1899). Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. J. Boardman. p. 1567.


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