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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Halltown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Halltown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Halltown, please Contact Us.
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 Halltown (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 Halltown. 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 Halltown ...
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.
Another variation: Hall Town.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Halltown. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Halltown.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Halltown is historic, it would have been located within present day Saline County.
To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Saline County: Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Pope, White & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Halltown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halltown:
- Saline County (The home county of Halltown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halltown, with the one closest to Halltown listed first.
- Cornerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cornerville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Galatia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Long Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Raleigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Harrisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Muddy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wasson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wasson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
- Eldorado
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carrier Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
- Former names for Carrier Mills:
- Carriers Mills
- Morrilsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <2>
- Gaskins City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gaskins City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halltown, with the one closest to Halltown listed first.
- Thompsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Akin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parrish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Hanaford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanaford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanaford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Smothersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smothersville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
- Deering City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Deering City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering City
- Steel City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Steel City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
- West Frankfort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Frankfort is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Frankfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,733 people
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Frisco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Frisco is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Orient
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gallatin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halltown, with the one closest to Halltown listed first.
- Elba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elba is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Omaha
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Equality
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lawler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawler is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
- Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Inman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Inman is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
- New Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bowlesville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
- Shawneetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halltown, with the one closest to Halltown listed first.
- Walpole
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Macedonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Broughton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Flint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- McLeansboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lovilla
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lovilla is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovilla
- Dahlgren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Piopolis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Piopolis is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
- Jefferson City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Belle Prairie City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Belle Prairie City is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Hardin County
- Karbers Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halltown, with the one closest to Halltown listed first.
- De Soto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hallidayboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hallidayboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallidayboro
- Carbondale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dowell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halltown, with the one closest to Halltown listed first.
- Ina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ina <2>
- Belle Rive
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bonnie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzgerrell ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzgerrell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerrell
- Nason
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Opdyke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Emerson City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson City
- Dareville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dareville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dareville
- Bluford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marcoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marcoe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcoe
- Scheller
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waltonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halltown, with the one closest to Halltown listed first.
- New Burnside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Egyptian Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Egyptian Hills is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egyptian Hills
- Ozark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Eagle Point Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Point Bay is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point Bay
- Deer Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Ridge is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Reynoldsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reynoldsburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
- Goreville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Perry County
- Du Quoin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Du Quoin is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Du Quoin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,591 people
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halltown, with the one closest to Halltown listed first.
- McCormick
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- McCormick is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
- Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oak is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak
- Herod
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eddyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hartsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Glendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glendale is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Leisure City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure City is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure City
- Lusk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lusk is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Wayne County
- Keenes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halltown, with the one closest to Halltown listed first.
- Norris City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Roland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Roland is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Enfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stokes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stokes is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Springerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Herald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mill Shoals
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halltown, with the one closest to Halltown listed first.
- Hartford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hartford is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Corinth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Pittsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnston City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whiteash
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteash is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteash
- Estimated population in 2014: 240 people
- Stiritz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stiritz is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiritz
- Spillertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spillertown is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Freeman Spur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Freeman Spur is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Spur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Freeman Spur has also been known as:
- Freeman Spur village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeman Spur <2>
- Marion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Herrin Junction ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Herrin Junction is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin Junction
- Energy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Herrin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halltown, see our County-by-County Page for Halltown.
Cemeteries Near Halltown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halltown.
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 Halltown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halltown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halltown, with the one closest to Halltown listed first.
- Hall Town Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cardwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McFarland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Ruff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Winn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Isaacs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brooks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lampley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Durham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (499 more) ...
- Brady Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Abney Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Downs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.
While we didn't find Halltown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Halltown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halltown, with the one closest to Halltown listed first.
- West End
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West End is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Locust Grove ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Thompsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Galatia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rural Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Hill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Corinth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Long Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Long Branch is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
- Akin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Walpole
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walpole is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
- Parrish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parrish is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Braden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Braden is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Attila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Attila is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attila
- Raleigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Olga is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halltown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halltown.
Newspapers Published in Halltown ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halltown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halltown, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halltown.
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 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 Halltown:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Saline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Hardin County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Perry County
- Pope County
- Wayne County
- White County
- Williamson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Halltown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Halltown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |