My greatgrandfather Lewis Van Croft was born Oct. 1859 on a homesite very near where Crossville, Al is now located. Official history has it that the name Crossville was given to this town by a man named James A. Copeland. It is said that the reason he chose this name was because that there were so many crossroads there(from THE DEKALB LEGEND) . Another popular story and one that's passed down in my family is that the town name, Crossville, is a derivation of "Croftville". It was said that the early village was named "Croftville", but, because Crossville was easier to pronounce, with time the village became Crossville. Does anyone have any information as to whether this is true or not? Has anyone else heard this?