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Welcome to Halls Mills ...

Halls Mills is located in Wetzel County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Halls Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

A typical abbreviation for Halls Mills: Halls Mls. (or less commonly used: Halls Mlls.)

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

Halls Mills is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Halls Mills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Halls Mills: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Halls Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Halls Mills - they are located in Maine, New York, North Carolina and Ontario (2).

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

Communities near Halls Mills ...

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

  • New Martinsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Paden City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Powhatan Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Sistersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Matamoras
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Matamoras is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matamoras
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
  • Cameron
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Middlebourne
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarington is located in Monroe County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
  • Hundred
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Halls Mills ...

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

Adding Halls Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Halls Mills in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Halls Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Halls Mills post office opened in 1875. The Halls Mills post office closed in 1917.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Wetzel, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Halls Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Halls Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Halls Mills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/