RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Virginia >> Arlington County >> East Falls ChurchIndex...

Welcome to East Falls Church ...

East Falls Church is located in Arlington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Falls Church, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

A typical abbreviation for East Falls Church: E. Falls Church

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

East Falls Church is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for East Falls Church: 703 & 571<3>

Communities near East Falls Church ...

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

  • Alexandria
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Rockville is located in Montgomery County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,512 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockville <4>
  • Gaithersburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Manassas
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • College Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • College Park is located in Prince George's County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,173 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for College Park <4>
  • Herndon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairfax
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Greenbelt
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenbelt is located in Prince George's County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbelt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,229 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenbelt <4>
  • Hyattsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hyattsville is located in Prince George's County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyattsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,217 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyattsville <4>
  • Manassas Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Falls Church ...

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

Adding East Falls Church to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Falls Church post office opened in 1903. The East Falls Church post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Falls Church.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Arlington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Falls Church - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 703 code has been Overlayed with the 571 area code. New phone numbers in the East Falls Church area will be assigned with one of these codes: 703 or 571. As a result, placing a call in the East Falls Church area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/