Official Name: | Cross Keys, Alabama |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Alabama#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Cross Keys |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Alabama##Location in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Name2: | Macon |
Elevation Ft: | 272 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 32.3339°N -85.8933°W |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Area Code: | 334 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 156232 |
Cross Keys is an unincorporated community in Macon County, Alabama, United States.
Cross Keys is located south of the former Montgomery and West Point Railroad.[1] The community was named in honor of Cross Keys, South Carolina, the birthplace of early settler J. H. Howard.[2] A post office operated under the name Cross Keys from 1837 to 1906.[3] The community was formerly home to a high school.[4]