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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Halls Crossing (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Halls Crossing. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Halls Crossing ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Halls Crossing: Halls Xing.
- While the name of this community is Halls Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Halls Crossing may originally have been Hall's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Halls Crossing might be written as Hall Crossing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Halls Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Halls Crossing.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Halls Crossing is located in Washington County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Warren & Wilkinson.
Below are the counties that are near Halls Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halls Crossing:
- Washington County (The home county of Halls Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Davisboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riddleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Riddleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Sandersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Warthen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tennille
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Deepstep
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Goat Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Goat Town is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Town
- Gardner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gardner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Estimated population in 2019: 201 people
- Oconee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Black Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Black Spring is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Spring
- Oconee Old Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oconee Old Town is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Old Town
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Rosier
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rosier is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosier
- Vidette
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Vidette is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Gough
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Magruder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Magruder is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magruder
- Number Ten ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Number Ten is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Ten
- Estimated population in 2019: 145 people
- Torbit Station ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Torbit Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torbit Station
- Torbit Station has also been known as:
- Torbit
- Saint Clair
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Clair is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Brushy Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Midville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Drone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Drone is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
- Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
- Keysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Emanuel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Blundale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blundale is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blundale
- Colemans Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Colemans Lake is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemans Lake
- Summertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blun is located in Emanuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blun
- Glascock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Edge Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Edge Hill is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Mitchell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gibson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Zebulon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Zebulon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,228 people
- Sparta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Stapletons Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stapletons Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletons Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 393 people
- Omaha Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Omaha Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha Springs
- Avera
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Louisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bartow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stapleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moxley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moxley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Wadley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wrens Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wrens Station is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,939 people
- Wrens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zebina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zebina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebina
- Old Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Wrightsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Tuckers Crossroad
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tuckers Crossroad is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroad
- Lovett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lovett is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovett
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,061 people
- McDuffie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Megahee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Megahee is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megahee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,031 people
- Boneville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dearing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Jewell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Warrenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Camak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mesena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Norwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Beech Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill
- Toomsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halls Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Halls Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Halls Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halls Crossing.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Halls Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halls Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Halls Cross Roads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Davisboro City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteoak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Downs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newsome Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Grove AME Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County Memorial Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Amerson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gordon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (519 more) ...
- Providence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- John Sparks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sisters Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Halls Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Halls Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halls Crossing, with the one closest to Halls Crossing listed first.
- Downs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Downs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Sun Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Riddleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Riddleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Sandersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chalker ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chalker is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalker
- Warthen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tennille
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Agricola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Agricola is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Mitchell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Avera
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lindsey ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lindsey is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Harrison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bartow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Louisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gibson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halls Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halls Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Halls Crossing ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halls Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halls Crossing, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halls Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Halls Crossing:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baldwin County
- Burke County
- Emanuel County
- Glascock County
- Hancock County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Laurens County
- McDuffie County
- Warren County
- Wilkinson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Halls Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Halls Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |