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Welcome to Halfa ...

Halfa is located in Emmet County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Halfa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Halfa is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Halfa lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Halfa: 712

Communities near Halfa ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Halfa.

  • Estherville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Emmetsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Armstrong
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Armstrong is located in Emmet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
  • Graettinger
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bancroft
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bancroft is located in Kossuth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
  • Swea City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Burt
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Burt is located in Kossuth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
  • Ringsted
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ceylon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Ceylon is located in Martin County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ceylon <3>
  • Fenton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fenton is located in Kossuth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Halfa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Halfa.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Halfa. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halfa.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Halfa. See our Newspapers Page for Halfa.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Halfa ...

Looking for more information about Halfa? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Halfa, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Halfa.

Adding Halfa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Halfa in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Halfa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Halfa post office opened in 1900. The Halfa post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Halfa.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Emmet, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Halfa - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/