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Welcome to Falling Waters ...

Falling Waters is located in Berkeley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Falling Waters, you might consider that their post office opened in 1815.

Falling Waters is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Falling Waters: 304 & 681<3>

The ZIP code for Falling Waters: 25419<4>

Websites for Falling Waters ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.berkeleycounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Falling Waters, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Falling Waters ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Falling Waters ...

Looking for more information about Falling Waters? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Falling Waters, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Falling Waters.

Adding Falling Waters to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Falling Waters 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 Falling Waters was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Falling Waters post office opened in 1815.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Falling Waters.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Berkeley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Falling Waters - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Falling Waters area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Falling Waters area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Falling Waters). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Falling Waters or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/