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Welcome to Falcon ...

Falcon is located on the South Texas Plains.

Falcon is located in Zapata County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Falcon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Falcon is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Falcon: 956

Communities Also Named Falcon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Falcon: This one is located in Zapata County and the other is located in Crosby County.

Beyond Texas, there are 13 communities that are also named Falcon - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Kentucky (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Falcon ...

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

  • Roma
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Roma is located in Starr County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,476 people
    • Roma has also been known as:
    • Roma - Los Saenz
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roma <3>
  • Escobares
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Escobares is located in Starr County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escobares
    • Estimated population in 2015: 2,451 people
  • Falcon Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Falcon Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Falcon Village is located in Starr County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Village
  • Lopeno
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Salineno
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Morales - Sanchez
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Morales - Sanchez is located in Zapata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales - Sanchez
    • Morales - Sanchez has also been known as:
    • Morales - Sanchez Colonia
  • Fronton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Fronton is located in Starr County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fronton
  • Roma Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Roma Creek is located in Starr County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roma Creek
  • North Escobares
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • North Escobares is located in Starr County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escobares

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Falcon ...

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

Adding Falcon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Falcon post office opened in 1911. The Falcon post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Falcon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Zapata, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Falcon - 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/