Falls City is a city in Polk County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,051 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Name: | Falls City |
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LSAD Code: | 25 |
LSAD Description: | city (suffix) |
State: | Oregon |
County: | Polk County |
Incorporated: | 1893 |
Elevation: | 370 ft (112.8 m) |
Total Area: | 1.20 sq mi (3.11 km²) |
Land Area: | 1.20 sq mi (3.11 km²) |
Water Area: | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²) |
Total Population: | 1,051 |
Population Density: | 874.38/sq mi (337.72/km²) |
ZIP code: | 97344 |
Area code: | 503 |
FIPS code: | 4124550 |
GNISfeature ID: | 1162976 |
Website: | www.fallscityoregon.gov |
Online Interactive Map
Falls City location map. Where is Falls City?
History
It is part of the Dallas micropolitan statistical area. Falls City is named after a waterfall in the Little Luckiamute River that passes through the center of town. In the past it was a lumbermill town and once had three mills in operation, a bank, hotel, soda shop, jail, and several grocery stores and bars. It formerly supported a large logging population and other population centers in the hills of the Coast Range, such as the smaller lumber-based community of Black Rock and the company-owned mill town Valsetz.
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.20 square miles (3.11 km), all of it land.
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