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 (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. 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 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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 is located in Buchanan County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Buchanan County: Atchison (KS), Doniphan (KS), Andrew, Clinton, DeKalb & Platte.
Below are the counties that are near Halls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halls:
- Buchanan County (The home county of Halls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- De Kalb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Rushville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Faucett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Willow Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Matney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Saint Joseph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Agency
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Saxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Easton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Country Club
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Amazonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Nodaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Savannah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cosby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Helena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Fillmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Rosendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clay County
- Smithville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Gower
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Starfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Trimble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plattsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lilly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Clarksdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Stewartsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Forbes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Oregon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Forest City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Sugar Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Iatan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Iatan is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Dearborn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Weston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Camden Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Platte
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Platte is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Tracy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tracy is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Edgerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Platte City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgely
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Stillings
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stillings is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillings
- East Leavenworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Leavenworth is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leavenworth
- Atchison County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Atchison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Port Williams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Oak Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Potter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Potter is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Cummings
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Lancaster
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Farmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Huron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Huron is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Monrovia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Effingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Muscotah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Brown County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Everest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Robinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Horton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Willis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Brown County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Doniphan
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Palermo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Wathena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Brenner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Blair
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Bendena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Moray
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Denton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fanning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Severance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Jefferson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Nortonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boyle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Dunavant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Kickapoo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Lowemont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Easton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
- Leavenworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bain City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Lansing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lansing is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,954 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <1>
- Springdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Highland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Fairmount
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairmount is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Fairmount has also been known as:
- Fairmont Village
- Jarbalo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jarbalo is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbalo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halls, see our County-by-County Page for Halls.
Cemeteries Near Halls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halls.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Kerlin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hudseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rosendale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Doniphan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (287 more) ...
- State of Kansas Children's Orphan Home Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alexander Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 had a population of 90 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Kenmoor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kenmoor is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmoor
- Rushville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Doniphan
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Palermo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Winthrop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winthrop is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Sugar Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Wallace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Halleck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Halleck is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halleck
- Atchison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Faucett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Willow Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Elwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Wathena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brenner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halls.
Newspapers Published in Halls ...
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 206 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halls, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halls.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Buchanan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- DeKalb County
- Holt County
- Platte County
- Atchison County
- Brown County
- Doniphan County
- Jefferson County
- Leavenworth County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <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, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Halls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |