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Welcome to Hall ...

Hall is located in Hill Country.

Hall is located in San Saba County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hall, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Hall is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hall: 325

Communities Also Named Hall ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Hall: This one is located in San Saba County and the other is located in Marion County.

Beyond Texas, there are 27 communities that are also named Hall - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky (3), Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana (2), New York (2), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, South Carolina, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hall ...

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

  • Brady
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Brady is located in McCulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,178 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brady <3>
  • Richland Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Holt ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Holt is located in San Saba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
  • Rochelle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Locker ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Locker is located in San Saba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locker
  • Milburn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Milburn is located in McCulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
  • Keys Crossing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Keys Crossing is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys Crossing
  • Regency ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Regency is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
  • Buffalo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Ebony ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ebony is located in Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebony

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hall ...

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

Adding Hall to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hall post office opened in 1911. The Hall post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hall.

Footnotes ...

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