Cross Keys, AlabamaCross Keys is an unincorporated community in Macon County, Alabama, United States.HistoryCross Keys is located south of the former Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The community was named in honor of Cross Keys, South Carolina, the birthplace of early settler J. H. Howard. A post office operated under the name Cross Keys from 1837 to 1906. The community was formerly home to a high school.