Cross Keys, Alabama

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Cross Keys, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Cross Keys
Location in Alabama
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Cross Keys
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 32°20′02″N85°53′36″W / 32.33389°N 85.89333°W / 32.33389; -85.89333
Country United States
State Alabama
County Macon
Elevation
272 ft (83 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 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, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Shelbyville, TN to Montgomery, AL to Oglethorpe, GA to Macon, GA". Library of Congress. Retrieved November 16, 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 November 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ Alabama (1899). Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. J. Boardman. p. 1567.


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