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History · Cross Roads

Cross Roads’ post office opened in 1834, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

1834first post office
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How Cross Roads began

When was Cross Roads founded?

1834

The Cross Roads post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1844.

2020 census: 523192 years
Founding year: the first Cross Roads post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1844.

What stands out about Cross Roads’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cross Roads are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1834: 192 years of Cross Roads.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cross Roads’s history is told.

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The story so far

Cross Roads, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cross Roads yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Cross Roads is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 530 at the 2020 census. It is part of the York–Hanover metropolitan area. The crossroads in the borough is where Church Road (SR 2050) intersects Cross Roads Avenue (SR 2079) and is joined by Century Farms Road.

Its first post office opened in 1834. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 512 to 523 (+2%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Cross Roads, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Cross Roads Avenue nb at Century Farms Road, Cross Roads, PA, Feb. 20262026Cross Roads Avenue nb at Century Farms Road, Cross Ro…Church Road wb, Cross Roads, PA, Feb. 20262026Church Road wb, Cross Roads, PA, Feb. 2026Church Road eb, Cross Roads, PA, Feb. 20262026Church Road eb, Cross Roads, PA, Feb. 2026Why they call it Crossroads, PA2015Why they call it Crossroads, PAHouse in Crossroads, York Co, PA2015House in Crossroads, York Co, PACrossroads, York Co, PA2015Crossroads, York Co, PA
Famous people

Famous people close to Cross Roads

Nobody well known was born in Cross Roads itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Cameron MitchellAmerican actor · b. 1918
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Lzzy HaleAmerican singer and guitarist · b. 1983
William F. GoodlingAmerican politician · b. 1927
George Atlee GoodlingAmerican politician · b. 1896
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Richard ShaullAmerican theologian · b. 1919
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Ron WolfAmerican football general manager · b. 1938
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Cross Roads had its own post office from 1834 to 1904.

Cross Roads
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18301930today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

East Hopewell Township2 historic placesA−North Hopewell TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about Cross Roads’ history

What year was Cross Roads founded?

The Cross Roads post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1844.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.