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Welcome to Halls ...

Halls is located in Buchanan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Halls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Halls is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Halls lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Halls: 816 & 975<3>

Communities Also Named Halls ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Halls: This one is located in Buchanan County and the other is located in Lafayette County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 14 communities that are also named Halls - they are located in California, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Pennsylvania (2) and Tennessee (3).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Halls.

Communities near Halls ...

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

  • Saint Joseph
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Atchison
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Atchison is located in Atchison County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atchison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,427 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atchison <4>
  • 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
  • Weston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Wathena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Wathena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wathena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,272 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wathena <4>
  • 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
  • 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
  • Agency
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Camden Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dearborn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Halls ...

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

Adding Halls to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Halls 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 was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Halls post office opened in 1876. The Halls post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Halls.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Buchanan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Halls - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 816 code has been Overlayed with the 975 area code. New phone numbers in the Halls area will be assigned with one of these codes: 816 or 975. As a result, placing a call in the Halls area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/