Hultsfred is the modern form of the name Hulingsryd; I have seen it in papers from the late 17th century spelled 'Hulsfre' or 'Hulsfred', reflecting the local pronounciation of the name. Hulingsryd's village consisted of three main farms (divided into a number of holdings): #1 was the inn; on its grounds the village's mill was located, as well as several crofts; # 2 and # 3 were ordinary farms, also with several crofts on its grounds; on the ground of the latter was also a dye-works situated.
Near the village, on its western side, was a military drill-ground established during the 19th century. South of the village was a railway-station built, and around the station the new Hultsfred was built.
The outlying land belonging to the village of Hulingsryd was vast, stretching from the lake Hulingen in the east to Hällefors in Lönneberga parish in the west. In 1930-31, the western part of this area, called the Råsa area, was separated from Hulingsryd in Vena parish and additioned to Lönneberga parish, where it together with Hällefors (where a still existing paper-mill was founded in 1874) and some outlying land of other farms in Lönneberga formed the new village Silverdalen.
The migration to and from the village was quite extended, and the number of each other succeeding households should not be puzzling. If you look closer at the catechetical lists, especially in the columns Hitflyttad (moved in from) and Bortflyttad (moved out to), you should be able to reconstruct a chronolgy of the households and, of course, of the vast number of servants.