Owens Cross Roads is a town in Madison County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.

Pioneers had drifted into the area from Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia with names such as Wood, Parker, Craig, Craft, Maples, Carpenter and Brannum, but a gentleman named Thomas J. Owens had migrated from Virginia and was the first to build his family home near an intersection of two roads.

The community grew in size at a steady pace over the years as a large frame business house was erected near the intersection, containing a post office (established 1861[7]), general store and blacksmith shop.

[7] Following the Civil War, the population grew as businesses sprang up and a new school was erected to replace the original log schoolhouse.

The town relied heavily on cotton cultivation throughout much of its early history, with some crop diversification coming in the 1920s and 1930s.

[7] Incorporated in 1967, the Owens Cross Roads City Hall sits facing Highway 431 South, a busy corridor of modern life.

The city proudly boasts of having the first Blue Ribbon School in Madison County, a highly praised Volunteer Fire Department and a Police Department dedicated to serve and protect the citizens of Owens Cross Roads.

[9] The city is situated in a broad valley carved by the Flint River.

U.S. Route 431 passes through Owens Cross Roads, connecting the town with Huntsville and Guntersville.

Owens Cross Roads met the threshold to become a city in 2020 with the population exceeding 2,000 persons under Alabama law [10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.970 square miles (20.64 km2), of which 7.852 square miles (20.34 km2) is land and 0.118 square miles (0.31 km2), is water.

21.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.