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Welcome to Fallon ...

Fallon is located in Morton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fallon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Fallon is 2,110 feet [643 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Fallon: 701

Communities Also Named Fallon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Fallon - they are located in California, Louisiana, Montana (2), Nevada, Oklahoma, Ontario, Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near Fallon ...

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

  • Flasher
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Solen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Anthony
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Raleigh
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lark
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Lark is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
  • Saint Gertrude
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Gertrude is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Gertrude
  • Shields
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Lyons
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Porcupine
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • On-a-Slant Village ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • On-a-Slant Village is located in Morton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for On-a-Slant Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fallon ...

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

Adding Fallon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fallon 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 Fallon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fallon post office opened in 1900. The Fallon post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fallon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Morton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fallon - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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