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Welcome to Waterfall ...

Waterfall is located in Prince William County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waterfall, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Waterfall is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Waterfall: 703 & 571<3>

Communities Also Named Waterfall ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Waterfall - they are located in Alaska, New Mexico, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Wyoming (2).

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

Communities near Waterfall ...

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

  • Leesburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Manassas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Herndon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairfax
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Manassas Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Purcellville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Warrenton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Haymarket
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Middleburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Round Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waterfall ...

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

Adding Waterfall to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Waterfall post office opened in 1874. The Waterfall post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waterfall.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Prince William, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waterfall - 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 Waterfall area will be assigned with one of these codes: 703 or 571. As a result, placing a call in the Waterfall 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/