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Welcome to Halfway ...

Halfway is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Halfway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Halfway is 1,640 feet [500 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Halfway is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Halfway: 931

Communities Also Named Halfway ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Halfway - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Halfway ...

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

  • Lakemont Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
    • Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
  • Crossville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Armathwaite
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
    • Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
  • College Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • College Grove is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
  • Fairfield Glade
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Harriman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Rogers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rogers is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
  • Lake Tansi Village
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
  • Dykes Crossroads
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 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 Halfway. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Halfway.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Halfway ...

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

Adding Halfway to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Halfway 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 Halfway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Halfway post office opened in 1883. The Halfway post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Halfway.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Halfway - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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