Our Genealogy Helper
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 Corners (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 Corners. 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 Corners ...
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 Corners: Halls Cors.
- While the name of this community is Halls Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Halls Corners may originally have been Hall's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Halls Corners might be written as Hall Corners.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Halls Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Halls Corners.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Halls Corners is located in Allen County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Allen County: Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells, Whitley, Defiance (OH), Paulding (OH) & Van Wert (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Halls Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halls Corners:
- Allen County (The home county of Halls Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Harlan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grabill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woodburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Leo-Cedarville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Edgerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Hacienda Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Zulu
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- New Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huntertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wallen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Monroeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fort Wayne
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Decatur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Preble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Magley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Spencerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Moore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Butler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Era
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Waterloo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garrett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Altona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Corunna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Fairfield Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Ashley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Gravel Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- South Milford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Stroh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Laotto
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Avilla
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ege
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Kendallville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wakeville Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Green Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Merriam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Hamilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Alvarado
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Hudson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Angola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- York is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Wells County
- Ossian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Churubusco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dunfee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Collins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Tri-Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Defiance County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ney is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ney <2>
- Brunersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Defiance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Williamstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Ayersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Link ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Antwerp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Cecil
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- Payne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Payne is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <2>
- Worstville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Emmett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- McGill ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Paulding
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Batson ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Latty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Latty is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Renollet ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Renollet is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renollet
- Putnam County (OH)
- Hartsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Van Wert County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Dixon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Scott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Convoy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hoaglin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoaglin is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoaglin
- Van Wert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wren is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wren <2>
- Williams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Edgerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Melbern
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Melbern is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Blakeslee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Edon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Edon is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edon <2>
- Bryan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bryan is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,212 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <2>
- Pulaski
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Montpelier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Columbia is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Ainger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ainger is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Stryker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cooney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cooney is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Holiday City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halls Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Halls Corners.
Cemeteries Near Halls Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halls Corners.
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 Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halls Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Scipio Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- White City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Diehl Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Forest Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Banks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yaggy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barnett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (292 more) ...
- Maumee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slough Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Halls Corners had a population of 152 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halls Corners, with the one closest to Halls Corners listed first.
- Link ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Harlan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spencerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hursh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hursh is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hursh
- Antwerp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newville is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Woodburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Leo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedarville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cedarville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cicero ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cicero is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
- Thurman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thurman is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Edgerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halls Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halls Corners.
Newspapers Published in Halls Corners ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halls Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halls Corners, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halls Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Halls Corners:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- DeKalb County
- LaGrange County
- Noble County
- Steuben County
- Wells County
- Whitley County
- Defiance County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
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 Corners, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Halls Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |