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Welcome to Great Falls ...Great Falls is located in Montgomery County<1>. The location of Great Falls has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Great Falls, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. Great Falls is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Great Falls lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Great Falls: (301) & (240)<4> Websites for Great Falls ...Chamber of Commerce: www.montgomerycountychamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Great Falls, the following might be of interest: Communities Also Named Great Falls ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Great Falls - they are located in Maine (2), Manitoba, Montana, New York, South Carolina and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Great Falls. Communities near Great Falls ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Great Falls.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Great Falls. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Great Falls. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Great Falls. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Great Falls. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Great Falls. See our Newspapers Page for Great Falls. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Great Falls ...Looking for more information about Great Falls? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Great Falls, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Great Falls. Adding Great Falls to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Great Falls in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Great Falls was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Great Falls. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Great Falls. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Montgomery County: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/ The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/ Footnotes ...
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