Orleans Cross Roads, West Virginia

Orleans Cross Roads is an unincorporated community hamlet that lies on the western flanks of Sideling Hill on the Potomac River in Morgan County, West Virginia. To its south, Rockwell Run, a mountain stream fed by springs, empties into the Potomac. Orleans Cross Roads lies along the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad directly across the river from Little Orleans. It is accessible by way of Orleans Road (CR 18/1) from Cacapon Road (West Virginia Route 9) via Detour Road (CR 18).

Orleans Cross Roads
Unincorporated community
Amtrak's Capitol Limited speeds through Orleans Cross Roads in 2010.
Orleans Cross Roads
Location within the state of West Virginia
Orleans Cross Roads
Orleans Cross Roads (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°37′28″N 78°22′45″W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMorgan
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1555273[1]

Once the site of a functioning station on the B&O, Orleans Cross Roads also had its own operating post office. The community and post office were often known as Orleans Cross Roads or Orleans Crossroads while its station was known as Orleans Road Station. It is still inhabited today and is the site of the historic Orleans Cross Roads Methodist Episcopal Church, built in the 1850s.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Orleans Cross Roads, West Virginia



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