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Welcome to Halstead ...

Halstead is located in Sunflower County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Halstead, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

Halstead is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Halstead: 662

Communities Also Named Halstead ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Halstead - they are located in Arkansas, Kansas, Manitoba, New York and Oregon.

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

Communities near Halstead ...

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

  • Cleveland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleveland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
    • Cleveland is located in Bolivar County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,846 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <4>
  • Indianola
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ruleville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Moorhead
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelby
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
    • Shelby is located in Bolivar County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,910 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <4>
  • Shaw
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Drew
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Mound Bayou
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunflower
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Renova
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Renova have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
    • Renova is located in Bolivar County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Halstead ...

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

Adding Halstead to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Halstead post office opened in 1902.

We also found Halstead on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Halstead.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Sunflower, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Halstead - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/