Welcome to Halley ...

So far, we found very little information about Halley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Halley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Halley, please Contact Us.

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Halley would have been located within present day Gallia County<2>.

The location of Halley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Halley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Halley is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Halley was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Halley would have been located in the (740) area code.

Websites for Halley ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.galliacounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Halley, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Halley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Halley - they are located in Arkansas, California and Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Halley ...

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

• Huntington
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
  • Huntington is located in Cabell County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,934 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington <5>
• Hurricane
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
  • Hurricane is located in Putnam County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,389 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurricane <5>
• Barboursville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barboursville
  • Barboursville is located in Cabell County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,228 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barboursville <5>
• Point Pleasant
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
  • Point Pleasant is located in Mason County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,017 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point Pleasant <5>
• Gallipolis
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallipolis
  • Gallipolis is located in Gallia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,545 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallipolis <5>
• Milton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
  • Milton is located in Cabell County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,523 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <5>
• Winfield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
  • Winfield is located in Putnam County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,410 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winfield <5>
• Eleanor
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eleanor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor
  • Eleanor is located in Putnam County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,579 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eleanor <5>
• Buffalo
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Buffalo is located in Putnam County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <5>
• Rio Grande
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Grande
  • Rio Grande is located in Gallia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rio Grande <5>

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

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

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

Adding Halley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Halley in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Halley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Halley post office opened in 1892.

We also found Halley on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Halley.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Gallia County: www.gallianet.net/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/