Our Genealogy Helper
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 Creek (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 Creek. 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 Creek ...
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 Creek: Halls Crk. (or less commonly used: Halls Ck. or Halls Cr.)
- While the name of this community is Halls Creek, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Halls Creek may originally have been Hall's Creek.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Halls Creek might be written as Hall Creek.
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 and hospitals 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 Creek is located in Humphreys County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Humphreys County: Benton, Dickson, Henry, Hickman, Houston & Perry.
Below are the counties that are near Halls Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halls Creek:
- Humphreys County (The home county of Halls Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Creek, with the one closest to Halls Creek listed first.
- Trinity
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Pigeon Roost
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Waverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McEwen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- New Johnsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hurricane Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bethpage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Hustburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Bakerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Buffalo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Grandmother Ford
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Creek, with the one closest to Halls Creek listed first.
- Brevards Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Faxon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Big Sandy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Camden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wildlife Cove Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Coxburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Chaseville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Creek, with the one closest to Halls Creek listed first.
- Bruceton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollow Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Creek, with the one closest to Halls Creek listed first.
- Sugar Tree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Creek, with the one closest to Halls Creek listed first.
- Tennessee City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Slayden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Vanleer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Woods Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Dickson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dunn Chapel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Charlotte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pomona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Stayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stayton is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
- Burns
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tidwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tidwell is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidwell
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Creek, with the one closest to Halls Creek listed first.
- Springville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Manleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Spring Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- Oak Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Oakland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- India
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Paris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Creek, with the one closest to Halls Creek listed first.
- Whitehouse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Only
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Salt Lick
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Graham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Nunnelly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Whitfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitfield is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Creek, with the one closest to Halls Creek listed first.
- Magnolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Tennessee Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McKinnon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Erin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Omega ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Creek, with the one closest to Halls Creek listed first.
- Oakridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Louise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Dotsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Oakwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- McAllisters Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- Lobelville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls Creek, with the one closest to Halls Creek listed first.
- Cumberland City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Throckmorton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Dover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <2>
- Indian Mound
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Legate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Bumpus Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Snider
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Snider is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Calloway County (KY)
- New Concord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halls Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Halls Creek.
Cemeteries Near Halls Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halls Creek.
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 Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halls Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halls Creek, with the one closest to Halls Creek listed first.
- Grice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Knight Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Parker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Madden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Latimer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McKeel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Knight Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Warden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beecham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (1025 more) ...
- Summers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Collier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Traylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<4>
While we didn't find Halls Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Halls Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halls Creek, with the one closest to Halls Creek listed first.
- Clydeton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clydeton is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clydeton
- Magnolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Woolworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woolworth is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolworth
- Waverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gorman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gorman is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Tennessee Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McKinnon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Stewart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Danville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Danville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Johnsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- McEwen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Erin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Faxon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Plant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Eva
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halls Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halls Creek.
Newspapers Published in Halls Creek ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halls Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halls Creek, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halls Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Creek:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Humphreys County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Decatur County
- Dickson County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Houston County
- Montgomery County
- Perry County
- Stewart County
- Calloway County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Halls Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |