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Welcome to Falls View ...

Falls View is located in Fayette County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Falls View: Falls Vw.

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

Falls View is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Falls View: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Falls View ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Falls View - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near Falls View ...

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

  • Oak Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fayetteville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Montgomery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chesapeake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,393 people
  • Marmet
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Ansted
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mount Hope
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Belle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Belle is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,108 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belle <4>
  • Cedar Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
  • East Bank
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • East Bank is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Falls View ...

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

Adding Falls View to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Falls View 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 Falls View was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Falls View - 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 Falls View area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Falls View 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.