The City of Falls Church, Virginia
| Falls Church, Virginia | ||
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| Independent city | ||
| City of Falls Church | ||
A view off Broad Street (Route 7)
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 Falls Church
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| Coordinates: 38°52′56″N 77°10′16″W / 38.88222°N 77.17111°WCoordinates: 38°52′56″N 77°10′16″W / 38.88222°N 77.17111°W | ||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 Virginia
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| County | None (Independent city) | |
| Settled | c. 1699 | |
| Incorporated (town) | 1875 | |
| Incorporated (city) | 1948 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Council–manager | |
| • Mayor | David Tarter | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.0 sq mi (5.2 km2) | |
| • Land | 2.0 sq mi (5.2 km2) | |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) | |
| Elevation | 328 ft (99 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 12,332 | |
| • Estimate (2015) | 13,892 | |
| • Density | 6,950/sq mi (2,683.5/km2) | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| ZIP codes | 22040, 22042, 22044, 22046 | |
| Area code(s) | 703 and 571 | |
| FIPS code | 51-27200 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 1495526 | |
| Website | fallschurchva |
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| Sister city is Kokolopori, Democratic Republic of Congo | ||
Falls Church is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,332. The estimated population in 2015 was 13,892. Falls Church is included in the Washington metropolitan area. Falls Church has the lowest level of poverty of any independent city or county in the United States.
Taking its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century Church of England (later Episcopal Church) parish, Falls Church gained township status within Fairfax County in 1875. In 1948, it was incorporated as the City of Falls Church, an independent city with county-level governance status. It is also referred to as Falls Church City.
The city's corporate boundaries do not include all of the area historically known as Falls Church; these areas include portions of Seven Corners and other portions of the current Falls Church postal districts of Fairfax County, as well as the area of Arlington County known as East Falls Church, which was part of the town of Falls Church from 1875 to 1936. For statistical purposes, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Falls Church with Fairfax City and Fairfax County.
The independent city of Falls Church is named for the 1734 religious institution named The Falls Church founded at the intersection of important Indian trails that were later paved and named Broad Street, Lee Highway and Little Falls Street.
The first known government in the area was the Iroquois Confederacy. After exploration by Captain John Smith, England began sending colonists to what they called Virginia. While no records has yet been found showing the earliest colony settlement in the area, a cottage demolished between 1908 and 1914, two blocks from the city center, bore a stone engraved with the date "1699" set into one of its two large chimneys.
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