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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 Hallsville (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 Hallsville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Hallsville is located in Boone 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 Boone County: Audrain, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau & Randolph.

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

  • Boone County     (The home county of Hallsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hallsville, with the one closest to Hallsville listed first.
    • Stephens
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Stephens is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
    • Centralia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Riggs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Riggs is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
    • Hinton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hinton is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
    • Sturgeon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Moores Switch
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Moores Switch is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
    • Columbia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Harrisburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Pierpont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Pierpont is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Huntsdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Huntsdale is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • McBaine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • McBaine is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
    • Rocheport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ashland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Audrain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hallsville, with the one closest to Hallsville listed first.
    • Larrabee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Larrabee is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
    • Thompson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Thompson is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Saling ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Saling is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saling
    • Tulip
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Tulip is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
    • Mexico
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Vandiver
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Vandiver is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Benton City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Benton City is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Rush Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Rush Hill is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • Callaway County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hallsville, with the one closest to Hallsville listed first.
    • Stephens
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Stephens is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
    • Hatton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hatton is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
    • Lindbergh
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
    • Auxvasse
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Kingdom City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Fulton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Fulton is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,549 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <1>
    • Folsom
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Folsom is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
    • New Bloomfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Cooper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hallsville, with the one closest to Hallsville listed first.
    • Wooldridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wooldridge is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooldridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
    • Clarks Fork
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
    • Prairie Home
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
    • Windsor Place village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Windsor Place village is located in Cooper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Place village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
      • Windsor Place village has also been known as:
      • Windsor Place village
    • Boonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Howard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hallsville, with the one closest to Hallsville listed first.
    • Sebree
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Sebree is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebree
    • Burton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Burton is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
    • Fayette
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Armstrong
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Armstrong is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
    • New Franklin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Franklin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Steinmetz
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Steinmetz is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinmetz
  • Moniteau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hallsville, with the one closest to Hallsville listed first.
    • Lupus
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lupus is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Jamestown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hallsville, with the one closest to Hallsville listed first.
    • Middle Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Middle Grove is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Grove
    • Evansville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Evansville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
    • Madison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Holliday
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Holliday is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
    • Ash
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Ash is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
    • Paris
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Santa Fe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Santa Fe is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hallsville, with the one closest to Hallsville listed first.
    • Clark
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Clark is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
    • Renick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Renick is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
    • Higbee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Moberly
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Yates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Yates is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
    • Huntsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cairo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cairo is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hallsville, see our County-by-County Page for Hallsville.

Cemeteries Near Hallsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hallsville.

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 Hallsville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Palmer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fountain Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Far West Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hickory Grove Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Youngers Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • German Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Riggs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Nailer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Horeb Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (195 more) ...
    • Dripping Spring Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Botner Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Stephens Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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 Hallsville had a population of 92 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Hallsville had a population of 1,652 people.

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

  • Points ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Points is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Points
  • Stephens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Stephens is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
  • Hinton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hinton is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
  • Switzler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Switzler is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzler
  • Centralia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Riggs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Riggs is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggs
  • Sturgeon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Larrabee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Larrabee is located in Audrain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
  • Rileysburg ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rileysburg is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
  • Perche ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Perche is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perche
  • Moores Switch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Moores Switch is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
  • Columbia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hatton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hatton is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
    • Clark
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Clark is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
    • Harrisburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hallsville ...

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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hallsville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hallsville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hallsville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hallsville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Hallsville.

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 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 Hallsville:

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 Hallsville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hallsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.