Cross Junction is an

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in northern Frederick County,

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, United States. Cross Junction is located on the North Frederick Pike ( U.S. Highway 522) at its intersection with Collinsville Road. Cross Junction also encompasses the residential communities at Lake Holiday to the south.

History and terrain

Cross Junction and its environs consist of rain-fed

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s and springs. It is the traditional home of the

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, who had a settlement and

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. A few old farms in the area are owned mostly descendants of the founders of the

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community, which dated from the 18th century. Some date back to the days when

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first visited the land and surveyed it.

References

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