Editing Halls, Tennessee

{{About|the town in Lauderdale County|the community in Knox County|Halls Crossroads, Tennessee}}
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'''Halls''' is a town in [[Lauderdale County, Tennessee|Lauderdale County]], [[Tennessee]], United States. The population was 2,255 at the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]].

The town was founded in 1882 as a railroad station stop. It is named after Hansford R. Hall, one of the founders. Among the early business ventures were sawmills and cotton gins, founded in the 1880s to process local lumber and cotton.

==History==
The town was not established until 1882, when the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad (later the [[Illinois Central Railroad]]) set up a railroad stop on land in northern Lauderdale County. By 1899, the town had its own bank, and the following year the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company had set up a line connecting it to the county seat, Ripley.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rust |first=Randal |title=Lauderdale County |url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/lauderdale-county/ |access-date=December 20, 2023 |website=Tennessee Encyclopedia |language=en-US}}</ref> 

The village was originally named Hall's Station in honor of Hansford R. Hall, one of the founders. Other founders were J. S. Stephens and S. A. Jordan, early businessmen of Lauderdale County.

E. Stanfield, general merchant, was first to set up a business at Hall's Station in 1882. Other early businesses included Young & Sawyer, a steam-powered [[cotton gin]]; D. P. Shoffner, steam [[sawmill]] and wagon material; J. H. Farmer, saw-, grist- and [[planing mill|planing-]]mill and cotton gin. As of 1887, there were about 400 people in the community.<ref name=Goodspeed>[http://www.tngenweb.org/lauderdale/gshistory2.htm Lauderdale County History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226083911/http://www.tngenweb.org/lauderdale/gshistory2.htm |date=December 26, 2008 }}, Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887. Retrieved from Tennessee GenWeb website, April 10, 2011.</ref>

In August 1942, the [[United States Army Air Forces|U.S. Army Air Forces]] constructed [[Dyersburg Army Air Base|Dyersburg Army Air Field]] on the north side of town. This was a major [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17]] and [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|B-24]] base during [[World War II|World War 2]]. It closed in 1946 and was eventually converted to a municipal airport.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fulbright |first=Jim |title=The Aviation History of Tennessee |publisher=Bicentennial Production of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division |pages=80}}</ref>

On [[Tornado outbreak of January 17–18, 1999|January 17, 1999]], a tornado struck Halls damaging a restaurant and The Halls First United Methodist Church.  The church has since been rebuilt in another location.
<ref>[http://www.lctn.com/halls-tornado.html], Retrieved from Lauderdale County website, September 19, 2019.</ref>

==Geography==
Halls is located at {{coord|35|52|32|N|89|23|46|W|type:city_region:US-TN}}.<ref>{{cite gnis|id=1286606|name=Halls|accessdate=May 3, 2009}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|3.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|3.7|sqmi|km2}} is land and 0.27% is water.

Halls is situated on the southeastern edge of the [[New Madrid Seismic Zone]], an area with a high earthquake risk.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 441
|1900= 395
|1910= 882
|1920= 1400
|1930= 1474
|1940= 1511
|1950= 1808
|1960= 1890
|1970= 2323
|1980= 2444
|1990= 2431
|2000= 2311
|2010= 2255
|2020= 2091
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR9">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=March 4, 2012|title=Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=December 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=June 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
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===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Halls racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4731820&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 8, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,319
|63.08%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|557
|26.64%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|10
|0.48%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|3
|0.14%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|136
|6.5%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|66
|3.16%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,091 people, 887 households, and 557 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,311 people, 946 households, and 642 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|630.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,051 housing units at an average density of {{convert|286.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 70.45% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 28.13% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.48% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.09% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.65% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.65% of the population.

There were 946 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 17.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $24,142, and the median income for a family was $29,063. Males had a median income of $26,528 versus $19,300 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,011. About 21.8% of families and 23.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 29.2% of those under age 18 and 29.0% of those age 65 or over.

== Transportation ==
[[Arnold Field (Tennessee)|Arnold Field]], a former WW2 B-24 base, is the city's airport. It contains a single 4,700 foot concrete runway.

The town of Halls is served by the Fulton Division of the [[Canadian National Railway|Canadian National Railroad]].

==Veterans' Museum==
[[File:corsair dyaab halls tn.jpg|thumb|[[A-7 Corsair II]] in front of the [[Arnold Field (Halls, Tennessee)|Veterans' Museum]] in Halls]]
The Veterans' Museum, on the grounds of the former [[Dyersburg Army Air Base]] ([[Arnold Field (Tennessee)|Arnold Field]]), is dedicated to the [[Preservation (library and archive)|preservation]] and [[documentation]] of materials related to [[military]] activities from [[World War I]] to the [[Iraq War]], as well as documenting the history of the air base itself.

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==External links==
*[http://www.town.halls.tn.us/ Town of Halls, Tennessee website]

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[[Category:Towns in Lauderdale County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Towns in Tennessee]]