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Welcome to Falling Spring ...The town of Falling Spring is located in Greenbrier County<1>. The location of Falling Spring has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Falling Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839. A typical abbreviation for Falling Spring: Falling Spg. (or less commonly used: Falling Spng. or Falling Sprng.) From the Census Estimates for 2019, Falling Spring has a population of 202 people<3> (see below for details). Falling Spring is 2,080 feet [634 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Falling Spring lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Falling Spring: (304) & (681)<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Falling Spring had an population of 202 people. This is a decrease of 4.27% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 3.35% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Falling Spring had a population of 211 people. This makes Falling Spring the county's 8th most populous community. The population of Falling Spring represents 0.01% of the total population of West Virginia (which has 1,852,994 people), making it the state's 212nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 211 people, the population of Falling Spring has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (which had a count of 209 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Falling Spring. Communities Also Named Falling Spring ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Falling Spring - they are located in Illinois, Pennsylvania (2) and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Falling Spring. Communities near Falling Spring ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Falling Spring.
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 Falling Spring. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Falling Spring. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Falling Spring. 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 Falling Spring. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Falling Spring. See our Newspapers Page for Falling Spring. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Falling Spring ...Looking for more information about Falling Spring? 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 Falling Spring, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Falling Spring. Adding Falling Spring to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Falling Spring 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 Falling Spring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Falling Spring in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Falling Spring. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Falling Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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