Welcome to Halsted ...
Halsted is located Halsted is located in Fayette County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Halsted, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900. Halsted is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Halsted lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Halsted - they are located in Kentucky, Michigan and Nebraska. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Halsted. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Halsted. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Halsted. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Halsted. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Halsted. 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 Halsted. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Halsted. See our Newspapers Page for Halsted. Looking for more information about Halsted? 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 Halsted, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Halsted. We originally found mention of Halsted 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 for Halsted was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Halsted.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Halsted. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Fayette County: www.co.fayette.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Communities Also Named Halsted ...
Communities near Halsted ...
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Halsted ...
Adding Halsted to Our Gazetteer ...
From that list, the Halsted post office opened in 1900.
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Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Halsted - 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> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/