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Welcome to Halls Creek ...

Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Halls Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for Halls Creek: Halls Crk. (or less commonly used: Halls Ck. or Halls Cr.)

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

Halls Creek is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Halls Creek: 931

Communities near Halls Creek ...

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

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Camden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • New Johnsonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • McEwen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • McEwen is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McEwen <3>
  • 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
  • Tennessee Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Erin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Erin is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erin <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Halls Creek ...

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

Adding Halls Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Halls Creek post office opened in 1857. The Halls Creek post office closed in 1866.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Halls Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Humphreys, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Halls Creek - 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/