Cross Roads, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Pilot Point-Aubrey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76227. The Survey maps it on the Denton East quadrangle. 1,744 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresCross Roads grew from 1,563 to 1,744 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,563 | |
| 2020 | 1,744 | +181 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denton East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Cross Roads between 2005 and 2019, burning about 662 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGBEE |
| 28 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 09-0001492 |
| 22 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWELL RD. |
| 20 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RHODES ROAD |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BREWER RD. |
| 1 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 377 |
| 6 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cross Roads: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Davidson's Sand Pit Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harbert,Hobson,Sewell,Allison | Clay | Producer | ||
| Herbert Pit | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope (historical) | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lincoln Park | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Providence | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Point | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mingo | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Krugerville | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Navo | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cooper Creek | 4.3 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cross Roads | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q977417 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2514008. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.




