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Welcome to Falling Branch ...

Falling Branch is located in Grayson County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Falling Branch: Falling Br. (or less commonly used: Falling Brnch.)

Falling Branch is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Falling Branch lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Falling Branch (for example, toward Sonora), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Falling Branch: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Falling Branch ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Falling Branch - it's located in Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Falling Branch.

Communities near Falling Branch ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Falling Branch.

  • Leitchfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hardinsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Cloverport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Clarkson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Caneyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Fordsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Glen Dean
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
  • McDaniels
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Short Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Short Creek is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
  • Duff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Duff is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff

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 Branch. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Falling Branch.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Falling Branch. 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 Branch.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Falling Branch. See our Newspapers Page for Falling Branch.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Falling Branch ...

Looking for more information about Falling Branch? 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 Branch, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Falling Branch.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Grayson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Falling Branch - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Falling Branch area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Falling Branch area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.