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Welcome to Falls ...Falls is located in Wake County<1>. We aren't confident of the location of Falls, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Falls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. Falls is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Falls lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Falls: (919) & (984)<4> Communities Also Named Falls ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Falls - they are located in Alaska, British Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania (2), Virginia (2) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Falls. Communities near Falls ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near 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 Falls. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Falls. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of 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 Falls. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Falls. See our Newspapers Page for Falls. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Falls ...Looking for more information about 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 Falls, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Falls. Adding Falls to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of 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 Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Falls in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Falls. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Falls. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Wake County: www.wakegov.com/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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