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Falls View, West Virginia | |
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Census-designated place (CDP) | |
  Falls View Location within West Virginia  Falls View Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 38°07′34″N 81°14′46″W / 38.12611°N 81.24611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Fayette |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.405 sq mi (1.05 km2) |
| • Land | 0.330 sq mi (0.85 km2) |
| • Water | 0.075 sq mi (0.19 km2) |
| Elevation | 663 ft (202 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 193 |
| • Density | 585/sq mi (226/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 304 & 681 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1554440[2] |
Falls View is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Falls View is located 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Gauley Bridge, on the north bank of the Kanawha River. As of the 2020 census, its population was 193 (down from 238 at the 2010 census).[3][4] Falls View was established in the early 20th century as a residential village for managers from the Electro Metallurgical Co., part of the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation.[5] Electro Metallurgical operated four ferroalloy plants in the area, powered by hydroelectricity generated at the dam on Kanawha Falls.[5]
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[edit]- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ↑ "Falls View". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 27, 1980. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Census Bureau profile: Falls View CDP, West Virginia". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
- ↑ "2010 Demographic Profile Data". American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. 2010. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 Federal Writers' Project (1941). The WPA Guide to West Virginia: The Mountain State. San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press. pp. 439–440.
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