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Welcome to Falls Mills ...

Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Falls Mills, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Falls Mills: Falls Mls. (or less commonly used: Falls Mlls.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Falls Mills for more information about variations on the name of Falls Mills.

Falls Mills is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Falls Mills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Falls Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Falls Mills - they are located in Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Falls Mills ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Falls Mills ...

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

Adding Falls Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Falls Mills 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 Falls Mills was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Falls Mills.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Falls Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sullivan County: www.co.sullivan.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Falls Mills - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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