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>.

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.<3>.

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)
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  • Jasper is located in Walker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,278 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Jasper
  • From Falls City to Jasper
• Carbon Hill
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
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  • Carbon Hill is located in Walker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,885 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Carbon Hill
  • From Falls City to Carbon Hill
• Cordova
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
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  • Cordova is located in Walker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,820 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Cordova
  • From Falls City to Cordova
• Double Springs
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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  • Double Springs is located in Winston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,062 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Double Springs <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Double Springs
  • From Falls City to Double Springs
• Parrish
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
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  • Parrish is located in Walker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Parrish
  • From Falls City to Parrish
• Addison
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
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  • Addison is located in Winston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
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  • Google driving directions:
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  • From Falls City to Addison
• Lynn
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
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  • Lynn is located in Winston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lynn
  • From Falls City to Lynn
• Sipsey
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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  • Sipsey is located in Walker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sipsey
  • From Falls City to Sipsey
• Arley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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  • Arley is located in Winston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Arley
  • From Falls City to Arley
• Kansas
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
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  • Kansas is located in Walker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kansas
  • From Falls City to Kansas

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.<5>

X2X - 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/