Welcome to Falls City ...
So far, we found very little information about Falls City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Falls City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Falls City, please Contact Us.
Falls City would have been located within present day Winston County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Falls City, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Falls City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908. The community was inundated by Lewis Smith Lake in 1961.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Falls City is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Falls City was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Falls City ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Falls City - they are located in Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Falls City.
Communities near Falls City ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Falls City.
- Jasper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Jasper is located in Walker County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,278 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <5>
- Carbon Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Carbon Hill is located in Walker County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,885 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carbon Hill <5>
- Cordova
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
- Cordova is located in Walker County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,820 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cordova <5>
- Double Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Double Springs is located in Winston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,062 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Double Springs <5>
- Parrish
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
- Parrish is located in Walker County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- Addison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Addison is located in Winston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addison <5>
- Lynn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Lynn is located in Winston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Sipsey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipsey
- Sipsey is located in Walker County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Arley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arley
- Arley is located in Winston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arley <5>
- Kansas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Kansas is located in Walker County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
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 City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Falls City.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Falls City. 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 City.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Falls City. See our Newspapers Page for Falls City.
Adding Falls City to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Falls City 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 City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Falls City post office opened in 1908.
We also found Falls City on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Falls City.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Falls City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Winston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Falls City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |