It last housed Richard’s Antiques but is vacant today. This building in Halltown, Missouri, was built in 1906 and served several purposes through the years. The new town was located on the Springfield to Carthage stagecoach road. In 1876, George Hall opened a store, and the following year, he platted Halltown on his land. She died in 1845.Īn official town would not begin until George Hall came to the area, and the Hall Post Office operated from 1860 to 1864. The earliest known burial was Sarah Walker Carlisle, a Cherokee Indian and mother of James Downing’s second wife, Mary “Polly” Carlisle Bell. Downing was one of the earliest settlers who arrived in about 1833. The Rock Prairie Cemetery, also called the Halltown Cemetery, just south of town along State Highway Z, was established in 1838 after James N.
Halltown, Missouri, located on old Route 66, is a small village in Lawrence County, about 13 miles west of Springfield.Īfter the Osage Indians were moved from Missouri to Oklahoma, this area was first settled in the 1830s. Whitehall Mercantile in Halltown, Missouri by Kathy Alexander.