ĭuring the American Revolution the area is most known for The Falls Church vestrymen George Washington and George Mason. While no records have yet been found showing the earliest colony settlement in the area, a cottage demolished between 19, two blocks from the city center, bore a stone engraved with the date "1699" set into one of its two large chimneys. After exploration by Captain John Smith, England began sending colonists to what they called Virginia. The first known government in the area was the Iroquois Confederacy. The independent city of Falls Church is named for the 1734 Church of England (later Episcopal Church) house of worship named The Falls Church founded at the intersection of important Native American trails that were later paved and named Broad Street, Lee Highway and Little Falls Street. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Falls Church with Fairfax City and Fairfax County.Īt 2.11 square miles, Falls Church is the smallest incorporated municipality in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the smallest county-equivalent municipality in the United States. 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. In 1948, it was incorporated as the City of Falls Church, an independent city with county-level governance status although it is not a county. 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. Falls Church is included in the Washington metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,658. Sister city is Kokolopori, Democratic Republic of Congoįalls Church is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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