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> We also found Halsted in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Halsted.
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