Cross Timber

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Cross Timber

Total population

875

Elevation222 m

Land area3.65 km²

Coordinates32.48°, -97.33°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cross Timber is a town in Johnson County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 362.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Kelly Clarkson

American singer-songwriter (born 1982)

Robert B. Anderson

American politician (1910–1989)

Rachel Starr

American pornographic actress

Trent Grisham

American baseball player (born 1996)

R

Ray Hildebrand

American musician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Texas

• Briaroaks
  1.6 mi away · pop. 614
• Keene
  6 mi away
• Crowley
  6.8 mi away · pop. 19,532
• Coyote Flats
  9 mi away
• Forest Hill
  12.9 mi away
• Annetta South
  21.4 mi away · pop. 763
• DeCordova
  21.7 mi away
• Lake Worth
  23.6 mi away
• Canyon Creek
  24.9 mi away
• Annetta
  25 mi away · pop. 3,264
• Glenn Heights
  27.9 mi away
• Glen Rose
  29.5 mi away · pop. 2,836

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cross Timber

Cross Timbers (Texas) - Wink Travel Guide

Wink Travel Wink Travel Guide · 2019

The cross timbers

Edward Everett Dale · 1966

The Cross Timbers

Edward Everett Dale · 1966

Texas Troubles

Caryl McAdoo · 2020

The Frontier of Northwest Texas 1846-1876; advance and Defense By the Pioneer Settlers of the Cross timbers and Prairies

Rupert Noeval Richardson · 1963

Gone to Texas

Caryl McAdoo · 2018

The Cross Timbers. Memories of a North Texas Boyhood

Edward Everett Dale · 1966

Grasses (Poaceae) of the Texas cross timbers and prairies

K. W. Hignight · 1988

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Hydra, Bosque, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 48 mi
• Wildfire Ross, Palo Pinto, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 62 mi
• Wildfire Rio Escondido, Hamilton, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 83 mi
• Wildfire Bufford Creek, Stephens, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-10 · 90 mi
• Wildfire Lobo, Eastland, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-09-15 · 94 mi
• Wildfire Harris, Throckmorton, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-31 · 109 mi
• Wildfire Kurk, San Saba, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-09-08 · 125 mi
• Wildfire PINTO, Stephens, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-09-08 · 134 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Seen 2026-09-25

Green Lynx Spider

Peucetia viridans

Seen 2026-09-24

Eastern Pondhawk

Erythemis simplicicollis

Seen 2026-09-24

Plain-bellied Watersnake

Nerodia erythrogaster

Seen 2026-09-23

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Seen 2026-09-23

Pintalia delicata

Pintalia delicata

Seen 2026-09-22

Gulf Fritillary

Dione vanillae

Seen 2026-09-22

Menosoma cinctum

Menosoma cinctum

Seen 2026-09-21

Woodhouse's Toad

Anaxyrus woodhousii

Seen 2026-09-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).