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History · Halltown

Halltown dates to 1833, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 1930.

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How Halltown began

When was Halltown founded?

1833

Halltown dates its founding to 1833 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 114 in 19302020 census: 104193 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1850.The full story ↓

What stands out about Halltown’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Halltown are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 189 in 2000; 104 people lived here in 2020.Deep rootsEstablished in 1833: 193 years of Halltown.
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Start Halltown’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Halltown’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Halltown, census by census

010020019401960198020002020Peak: 189

Peaked at 189 in 2000; 104 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Halltown’s Wikipedia page.

Timeline

Halltown, 1833 to 2000

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1833
    FoundingHalltown is established
  3. 1850Post officeThe Hall post office opens
  4. 1864Post officeThe Hall post office closes
  5. 1879Post officeThe Halltown post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 21st century
  9. 2000CensusPopulation peaks at 189
The story

How Halltown came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Halltown.

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Halltown was platted in 1887, and named after the Hall family, original owners of the site. A post office has been in operation at Halltown since 1879.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Halltown, decade by decade

Today5 recent
The days of a home outside Halltown, a tiny community west of Springfield, Missouri, are beyond being numbered2020The days of a home outside Halltown, a tiny community…Cows with unusual faces while away the hours2020Cows with unusual faces while away the hoursA home decorated for the Thanksgiving holiday2020A home decorated for the Thanksgiving holidayThe old, long closed Whitehall Mercantile store2020The old, long closed Whitehall Mercantile storeDetail of the Whitehall Mercantile Building in the tiny, largely abandoned, settlement of Halltown, Missouri2020Detail of the Whitehall Mercantile Building in the ti…
On the map

Halltown on the map in 1919

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Halltown.

Halltown on the 1919 USGS map1919Halltown sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Halltown.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Halltown’s post office has been open since 1879. Another post office, Hall, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hall
1850–1864
Halltown
1879–today
18501940today
Gone or out of use
East Elementary Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Halltown’s history

What year was Halltown founded?

In 1833, according to Wikidata. Halltown’s post office opened in 1850, and the census of 1930 counted 114 people here.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (5), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.