FALLS COUNTY, TEXAS

31° 15' 36" N, 96° 55' 48" W (31.26, -96.93)
Population: 16,968 (2020) 17,866 (2010)
Total area: 774 square miles (2,000 km2)
765 square miles (1,980 km2) land
8.4 square miles (22 km2) water

Falls County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Limestone County (NE) Robertson County (SE) Milam County (S) Bell County (SW) McLennan County (NW)

Falls County History

(1936 Centennial - Highway Marker)

FALLS COUNTY
Created Jan. 28, 1850, from Limestone and Milam counties.
Organized Aug. 5, 1850.
Named for falls on the Brazos River which flow through the center of the county.
White colonization in the area pre-dates the Texas Revolution, but colonists fled on news of Santa Anna's assault, 1836.
John Marlin, for whom county seat was named, returned and settled near present city.
Growth was steady and the first railroad reached the county in 1870. A center for farming, manufacturing and dairying.
Curative artesian water gives Marlin recognition as a health spa.

Falls County Courthouse

Falls County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Falls County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, hotels, and forum.

County Seat - Marlin
Book Hotel Here - Waco Hotels

Blevins

Bucksnort ghost town

Marlin County Seat

Mooreville

Otto ghost town

Perry ghost town

Rosebud

Stranger

Falls County, Texas Vintage Maps

Falls County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Falls County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Falls County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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