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Falls Church is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,658. Falls Church is part of both Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area.
- History of Falls Church
History of Falls Church. Falls Church, an independent city...
- The Falls Church
The Falls Church is an historic Episcopal church, from which...
- History of Falls Church
- Native Inhabitants and Early European Contact. Until the late 1600s, the wooded Falls Church region near the Potomack and its streams was inhabited solely by native people.
- European Settlers ca. 1699. (Lord Thomas Fairfax VI came to possess the Northern Neck of Virginia in 1719 as a result of his father’s marriage to Lord Culpeper’s daughter.
- Tobacco Act, Ports and Rolling Roads. Tobacco from Central America, transported throughout the Americas by native people, became popular in Europe, fueling the slave trade.
- The Falls Church and Independence. The Anglican Church was the established religion of the Colony of Virginia with the closest church at Occoquan (now Pohick).
Apr 23, 2024 · Falls Church, independent city, northeast Virginia, U.S., just west of Washington, D.C. Its history centres around the Falls Church (Episcopal; 1767–69), which was built on the site of an earlier church erected in 1734 and named for its nearness to the Great Falls of the Potomac River.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
History. Falls Church dates back to the late 1600s as an early Colonial settlement shared with Native Americans. The community was established around The Falls Church (Episcopal) that was founded in 1734. Falls Church became a township in 1875, and an independent city in 1948.
This list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Falls Church, Virginia, includes six properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places, including one National Historic Landmark, in the independent city of Falls Church, Virginia, United States.
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