Welcome to Falcon ...Falcon is located in the Idaho Panhandle. Falcon is located in Shoshone County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Falcon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911. Falcon is 3,420 feet [1,042 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Falcon is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: Falcon lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Falcon (for example, toward Plains (MT)), you will soon leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). Area Codes for Falcon: 208 & 986<3> Communities Also Named Falcon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Falcon - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Falcon. Communities near Falcon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Falcon.
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 Falcon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Falcon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Falcon. 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 Falcon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Falcon. See our Newspapers Page for Falcon. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Falcon ...Looking for more information about Falcon? 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 Falcon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Falcon. Adding Falcon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Falcon 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 (so far) for Falcon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Falcon. Footnotes ...
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