Barber's Crossroads was at the junction of today's highways 637 (Orbit Road), 603 (Shiloh Road), and 606 (Five Forks Road) and is now called Indika Farms, owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Alton Gwaltney. Before the railroad came to nearby Windsor, Barber's Crossroads was a busy spot with traffic from Blackwater to Scoa's Landing and Milner's Town in Nansemond County (now Suffolk).

Among the earliest post offices of Isle of Wight County according to official records of the Office of Postmaster General, were Smithfield, Corowaugh/Currywaugh, Mayfield. Burwell's Bay, Carrsville, Fearnsville, Barber's Crossroads. James E. Denson received his appointment as postmaster of Barber's Crossroads. The post office was discontinued twice for short periods. Then in 1855 the position of postmaster went to James Eley, husband of the indomitable Mrs. Sally Ann Eley who came to Smithfield in 1878 after her husband's death and opened her famous Smithfield Female Institute in the house that is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Pencola Jr.

The name Barber's Crossroads was changed to Indika for unknown reasons and seems to have served as a neighborhood post office from 1839 until 1908 when it was permanently closed and the mail sent to Windsor.