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 (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. 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.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 is located in Benton 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 Benton County: Carroll, Decatur, Henry, Houston, Humphreys & Stewart.
Below are the counties that are near Halls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halls:
- Benton County (The home county of Halls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Sandy Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Camden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Brevards Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Faxon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Wildlife Cove Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chaseville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Coxburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Bruceton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hollow Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Huntingdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Hico
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- McKenzie
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Anark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Clarksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Wingo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- McLemoresville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Trezevant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Atwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Sugar Tree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Jeannette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Poplar Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Parkers Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Spring Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- Manleyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Springville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oakland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- India
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Whitlock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whitlock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- New Boston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Boston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Oak Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
- Mandels ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mandels is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Magnolia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Tennessee Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Erin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- New Johnsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hustburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Plant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Halls Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Trinity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Pigeon Roost
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bakerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Hurricane Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- McEwen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stewart County
- Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <1>
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Tumbling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Ore Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Gleason
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pillowville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pillowville is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
- Dunlap ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,068 people
- Dresden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Calloway County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Hazel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Providence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- New Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halls, see our County-by-County Page for Halls.
Cemeteries Near Halls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halls.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Francisco Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Williams Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weatherly Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Carter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rushings Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tick Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tabernacle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (1052 more) ...
- Post Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Halls in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Halls.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halls, with the one closest to Halls listed first.
- Manleyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Lipe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lipe is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipe
- Camden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mansfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Hollow Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Big Sandy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Springville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mixie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mixie is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixie
- Carnsville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Carnsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnsville
- Eva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Rosser
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosser is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosser
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Buena Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Porters ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Porters is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Faxon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halls.
Newspapers Published in Halls ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halls, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halls.
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:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Benton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Decatur County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Stewart County
- Weakley County
- Calloway County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Halls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |