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Welcome to Halls Gap ...

Halls Gap is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Halls Gap, you might consider that their post office opened in 1940.

Halls Gap is 1,390 feet [424 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Halls Gap lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Halls Gap (for example, toward Greensburg), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Halls Gap: 606

Communities near Halls Gap ...

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

  • Danville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lancaster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Stanford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mount Vernon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Junction City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Brodhead
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Crab Orchard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Science Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Hustonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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 Halls Gap. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Halls Gap.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Halls Gap. 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 Halls Gap.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Halls Gap ...

Looking for more information about Halls Gap? 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 Halls Gap, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Halls Gap.

Adding Halls Gap to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Halls Gap 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 Halls Gap was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Halls Gap post office opened in 1940. The Halls Gap post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Halls Gap.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Halls Gap - 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/