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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 Hall Summit (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 Hall Summit. 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.

Neighboring Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes instead of the parish in which they lived:  their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the east contained birth and death records; the parish to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Hall Summit is located in Red River Parish.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Red River Parish: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto & Natchitoches.

Below are the parishes that are near Hall Summit. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hall Summit:

  • Red River Parish     (The home parish of Hall Summit)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hall Summit, with the one closest to Hall Summit listed first.
    • Halfway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Halfway is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
    • Martin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Martin is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 543 people
    • East Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • East Point is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
    • Edgefield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Edgefield is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
    • Carroll
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Carroll is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
    • Harmon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Westdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Westdale is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
    • Coushatta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Abington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Abington is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
    • Hanna
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Hanna is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
    • Lake End
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Lake End is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake End
  • Bienville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hall Summit, with the one closest to Hall Summit listed first.
    • Alberta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Alberta is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
    • Castor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ringgold
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jamestown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Armistead
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Armistead is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
    • Burkplace
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Burkplace is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkplace
    • Lucky
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Lucky is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
    • Sparta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Sparta is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Saline
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Bienville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bryceland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bryceland is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryceland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Liberty Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty Hill is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • Mount Lebanon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Lebanon is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Bossier Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hall Summit, with the one closest to Hall Summit listed first.
    • Atkins
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Atkins is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
    • Elm Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Haughton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fillmore
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fillmore is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
    • Bodcau
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
    • Eastwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Eastwood is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Princeton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Caddo Parish
    • Ellerbe Woods
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ellerbe Woods is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerbe Woods
  • De Soto Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hall Summit, with the one closest to Hall Summit listed first.
    • Butler ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Butler is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
    • Frierson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Mansfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Oxford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Oxford is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Pelican
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • South Mansfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • South Mansfield is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mansfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
    • Gloster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Grand Cane
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Natchitoches Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hall Summit, with the one closest to Hall Summit listed first.
    • Ashland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Ashland is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Grappes Bluff
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Grappes Bluff is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grappes Bluff
    • Chestnut
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Chestnut is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
    • Powhatan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Campti
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Campti is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,033 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campti <1>
    • Caspari ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Caspari is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspari
    • Goldonna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Forest is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Clarence
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marthaville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Sabine Parish
    • Pleasant Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Webster Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hall Summit, with the one closest to Hall Summit listed first.
    • Buckhorn ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Buckhorn is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Heflin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Yellow Pine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Yellow Pine is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine
    • Doyline
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Dubberly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Sibley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Dixie Inn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Dixie Inn is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Inn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
    • Minden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Winn Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hall Summit, with the one closest to Hall Summit listed first.
    • Pine Ridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Pine Ridge is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Coldwater
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Coldwater is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hall Summit, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Hall Summit.

Cemeteries Near Hall Summit ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hall Summit.

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 Hall Summit - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hall Summit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hall Summit, with the one closest to Hall Summit listed first.

  • Huggins Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Social Springs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Watson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Luke Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marks Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Wesley Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Star Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Holly Springs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Newman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (150 more) ...
    • Spring Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tanyard Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hand Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

While we didn't find Hall Summit in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hall Summit.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hall Summit, with the one closest to Hall Summit listed first.

  • East Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • East Point is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
  • Ringgold
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Howard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Howard is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Williams
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Williams is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
  • Coushatta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Brown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Brown is located in Bienville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Armistead
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Armistead is located in Bienville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
  • Lake End
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Lake End is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake End
  • Burkplace
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Burkplace is located in Bienville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkplace
  • Grappes Bluff
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Grappes Bluff is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grappes Bluff
  • Chestnut
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Chestnut is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
  • Sparta
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Sparta is located in Bienville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Carmel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Carmel is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
    • Saline
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Blume
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Blume is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blume

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hall Summit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hall Summit.

Newspapers Published in Hall Summit ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hall Summit.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hall Summit, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hall Summit.

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 helpful 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 Hall Summit:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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 Hall Summit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Hall Summit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.