Do you know of Halsellville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Halsellville. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Halsellville.<1>
Our sources for Halsellville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Halsellville other than they indicate that Halsellville would be found somewhere in Chester County, South Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1828 and closed in 1906.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Halsellville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Halsellville:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Halsellville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Halsellville.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 45/31570 (Place Name: Halsellville)
County: Chester (FIPS State/County: 45/023)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Halsellville) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Chester County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |