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Welcome to Falkirk ...

Falkirk is located in McLean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Falkirk, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

Falkirk is 1,850 feet [564 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Falkirk (for example, toward Dodge), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Falkirk: 701

Communities Also Named Falkirk ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Falkirk - they are located in New York and Ontario.

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

Communities near Falkirk ...

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

  • Washburn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Underwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Underwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood
    • Underwood is located in McLean County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 729 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Underwood <3>
  • Center
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Turtle Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Stanton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Riverdale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Pick City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pick City
    • Pick City is located in Mercer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
  • Coleharbor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coleharbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleharbor
    • Coleharbor is located in McLean County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coleharbor <3>
  • Hensler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensler
    • Hensler is located in Oliver County
  • Riverdale Junction
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Junction
    • Riverdale Junction is located in McLean County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Falkirk ...

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

Adding Falkirk to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Falkirk 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 Falkirk was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Falkirk post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Falkirk.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including McLean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Falkirk - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/