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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 Halls Crossroads (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 Crossroads. 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.
Name Variations for Halls Crossroads ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Halls Crossroads: Halls Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Halls Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Halls Crossroads may originally have been Hall's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Halls Crossroads might be written as Hall Crossroads.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Halls Crossroads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Halls Crossroads.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 Crossroads is located in Franklin County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Franklin County: Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Wake & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Halls Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halls Crossroads:
- Franklin County (The home county of Halls Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossroads, with the one closest to Halls Crossroads listed first.
- Bunn
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sutton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Mapleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Louisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Katesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- White Level
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Level is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Level
- Youngsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ingleside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Franklinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wake Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lake View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lake View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2017: 102 people
- Alert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Alert is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Edgecombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossroads, with the one closest to Halls Crossroads listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Battleboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Granville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossroads, with the one closest to Halls Crossroads listed first.
- Wilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilton is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Fairport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairport is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Mount Energy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Energy is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Energy
- Clay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clay is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Tar River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tar River is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar River
- Creedmoor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hester is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Lyons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Providence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Stem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Butner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossroads, with the one closest to Halls Crossroads listed first.
- Hollister
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Ringwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ringwood is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
- Brinkleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brinkleyville is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkleyville
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossroads, with the one closest to Halls Crossroads listed first.
- Archer Lodge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
- Archer Lodge has also been known as:
- Archer
- Stancils Chapel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stancils Chapel is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stancils Chapel
- Clayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beulahtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Beulahtown is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahtown
- Kenly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wilson's Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wilson's Mills is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,847 people
- Micro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Micro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Micro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- Redwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Redwood Village is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Village
- Selma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossroads, with the one closest to Halls Crossroads listed first.
- Hunts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Gold Valley Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mays Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mays Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossroads
- Spring Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rocky Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rocky Cross is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Cross
- Edwards Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Edwards Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
- Union Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Samaria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Samaria is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Bass Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bass Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Crossroads
- Murraytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Murraytown is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraytown
- Frazier Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frazier Crossroads is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Crossroads
- Momeyer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Momeyer is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Momeyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Lancaster Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossroads, with the one closest to Halls Crossroads listed first.
- Bobbitt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bobbitt is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbitt
- Kittrell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Pond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bear Pond is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pond
- Gillburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gillburg is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillburg
- Gill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gill is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- South Henderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Henderson is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Henderson
- Adcock Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Adcock Crossroads is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adcock Crossroads
- Henderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Middleburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dabney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dabney is located in Vance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabney
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossroads, with the one closest to Halls Crossroads listed first.
- Zebulon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rolesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wendell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Forestville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Forestville is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Eagle Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Rock is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
- Wyatt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Falls is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
- Neuse Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Neuse Crossroads is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Crossroads
- Knightdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Neuse
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Light
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Light is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Shotwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shotwell is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shotwell
- Stony Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stony Hill is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossroads, with the one closest to Halls Crossroads listed first.
- Lickskillet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lickskillet is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Afton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Afton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Arcola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Soul City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Soul City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soul City
- Warrenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Manson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Crossroads, with the one closest to Halls Crossroads listed first.
- Sims
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Elm City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts
- Wilson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lucama
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eastwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eastwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Black Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 767 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halls Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Halls Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Halls Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halls Crossroads.
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 Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halls Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halls Crossroads, with the one closest to Halls Crossroads listed first.
- Mullen Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stallings Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hope Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wakefield Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Meeks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Highland Memory Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rolesville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Allen C. Perry Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- White Level Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fair View Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Halls Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Halls Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halls Crossroads, with the one closest to Halls Crossroads listed first.
- Sutton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sutton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Royal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Royal is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Mapleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mapleville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Hunts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hunts is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts
- Justice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Justice is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Louisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Union Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Union Hope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hope
- Katesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Katesville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katesville
- Rolesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Youngsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Earpsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Earpsboro is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earpsboro
- Stanhope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stanhope is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Castalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Castalia is located in Nash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halls Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halls Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Halls Crossroads ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halls Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halls Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halls Crossroads.
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 Halls Crossroads:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Edgecombe County
- Granville County
- Halifax County
- Johnston County
- Nash County
- Vance County
- Wake County
- Warren County
- Wilson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Halls Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |