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History · Hallsboro

Hallsboro’s post office opened in 1884

Most of Hallsboro was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969. Below: maps from 1955 on.

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How Hallsboro began

When was Hallsboro founded?

1884

The Hallsboro post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 382142 years
Founding year: the first Hallsboro post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hallsboro’s past

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

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The story so far

Hallsboro, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hallsboro yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Hallsboro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Columbus County, in southeastern North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hallsboro had a population of 382.

Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 465 to 382 (-18%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Hallsboro, 1884 to 1955

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Hallsboro post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1935Born hereAnn Atwater is born here
  5. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Hallsboro on the map, 1955 to 1987

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hallsboro. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hallsboro on the 1955 USGS mapHallsboro on the 1987 USGS map1955Whiteville 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 Hallsboro.

Questions about Hallsboro’s history

What year was Hallsboro founded?

The Hallsboro post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.