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Welcome to Little Falls ...

Little Falls is located in Polk County<1>.

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

Little Falls is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Little Falls: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Little Falls ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Little Falls - they are located in Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Virginia, Washington (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Little Falls ...

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

  • New Richmond
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
  • Scandia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Scandia is located in Washington County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scandia <4>
  • Somerset
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
  • Amery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Amery is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
  • Osceola
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Osceola is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
  • Saint Croix Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Croix Falls is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Croix Falls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
  • Glenwood City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
  • Shafer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Shafer is located in Chisago County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,144 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shafer <4>
  • Clear Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Clear Lake is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
  • Taylors Falls
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Falls ...

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

Adding Little Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Little Falls post office opened in 1874. The Little Falls post office closed in 1904.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Falls - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Little Falls area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Little Falls 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/