We found seventeen communities that are also named The Falls.
Within Nova Scotia, the name The Falls is unique.
Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of seventeen communities that are located 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 The Falls lies 3,441 miles [5,537.8 km]<1> to the northwest.
British Columbia
This The Falls lies 2,591 miles [4,169.8 km]<1> to the 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 The 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 The 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 The 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 The Falls [Hancock County].
Maryland
Baltimore County
This The Falls is located in Baltimore County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of The 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 The 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 The 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 The 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 The Falls [Tompkins County].
North Carolina
Wake County
This The Falls is located in Wake County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of The Falls.
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 The Falls [Philadelphia County].
Wyoming County
This The Falls is located in Wyoming County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of The 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 The Falls [Nottoway County].
Stafford County
This The Falls is located in Stafford County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of The Falls.
West Virginia
Grant County
This The Falls is located in Grant County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of The Falls.
Curious and Interesting Names Near The 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.
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 The Falls to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Falls and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from The Falls to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 35 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 24 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,637 miles [5,853.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 The 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 The 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>
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<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 The Falls to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6392, Longitude: -63.2217
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.555 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.098 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.936 degrees.