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Communities Also Named Falls ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Falls.

Within British Columbia, the name Falls is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these seventeen communities, one is located in Canada and the other sixteen communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Falls lies 1,037 miles [1,668.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Hall County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Falls.
    • Idaho
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Falls [Washington County].
    • Kansas
      • Sumner County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Falls [Sumner County].
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Falls [Hancock County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Falls is located in Baltimore County and lies 2,347 miles [3,777.1 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Falls.
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampshire County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Falls [Hampshire County].
    • Michigan
      • Ontonagon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Falls [Ontonagon County].
    • New York
      • Niagara County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Falls [Niagara County].
      • Tompkins County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Falls [Tompkins County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Falls is located in Wake County and lies 2,444 miles [3,933.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Falls.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Falls lies 2,591 miles [4,169.8 km]<1> to the east.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Falls [Philadelphia County].
      • Wyoming County
      • This Falls is located in Wyoming County and lies 2,282 miles [3,672.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Falls.
    • Virginia
      • Nottoway County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Falls [Nottoway County].
      • Stafford County
      • This Falls is located in Stafford County and lies 2,362 miles [3,801.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Falls.
    • West Virginia
      • Grant County
      • This Falls is located in Grant County and lies 2,263 miles [3,641.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Falls.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Falls ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Dokie Siding
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Little Prairie
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Prairie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie

How Far From Falls to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Falls to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Falls and extending to:

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Falls to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 29 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 20 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,115 miles [3,403.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,250 miles [10,058.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,193 miles [8,357.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Falls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 55.6000, Longitude: -122.2667    
<2>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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Falls could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Falls to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.016 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.017 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.841 degrees.




 

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