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Welcome to Halls Ferry Junction ...

Halls Ferry Junction is located in Stanly County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Halls Ferry Junction: Halls Fry. Jct. (or less commonly used: Halls Frry. Jct.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Halls Ferry Junction for more information about variations on the name of Halls Ferry Junction.

Halls Ferry Junction is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Halls Ferry Junction lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Halls Ferry Junction: 704 & 980<3>

Communities near Halls Ferry Junction ...

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

  • Albemarle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Troy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Troy is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Locust
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Granite Quarry
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Norwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Rockwell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Badin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oakboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Denton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Halls Ferry Junction ...

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

Adding Halls Ferry Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Halls Ferry Junction 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 Ferry Junction was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Halls Ferry Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Stanly, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Halls Ferry Junction - 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 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Halls Ferry Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Halls Ferry Junction 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.