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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.}}
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'''Halls''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Buchanan County, Missouri|Buchanan County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Missouri]].
==History==
A former variant name was "Eveline".<ref>{{GNIS|730113}}</ref> A post office called Eveline was established in 1866, the name was changed to Halls in 1876, and the post office closed in 1954.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=1 September 2016}}</ref> The present name honors [[Willard Preble Hall]], 17th Governor of Missouri.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_buchanan.html| title=Buchanan County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=4 September 2016| url-status=bot: unknown| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070559/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_buchanan.html| archivedate=24 June 2016}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Buchanan County, Missouri}}
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Buchanan County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri]]
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