Cross Keys, Alabama Explained

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.

History

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shelbyville, TN to Montgomery, AL to Oglethorpe, GA to Macon, GA . Library of Congress . 16 November 2019.
  2. Book: Foscue, Virginia . 1989 . Place Names in Alabama . . The University of Alabama Press . 127 . 0-8173-0410-X .
  3. Web site: Macon County . Jim Forte Postal History . 16 November 2019.
  4. Book: Alabama. Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. 1899. J. Boardman. 1567.