Falls Village, Connecticut
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Falls Village, Connecticut
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| settlement_type = Census-designated place
| image_skyline = David M. Hunt Library, Falls Village, Connecticut LCCN2012631688.tif
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Connecticut
| subdivision_type2 = Town
| subdivision_name2 = Canaan
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| image_map = Litchfield County Connecticut Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Falls Village Highlighted 2010.svg
| map_caption = Location in Litchfield County, Connecticut
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| area_total_km2 = 4.13
| area_land_km2 = 4.13
| area_water_km2 = 0.0
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| elevation_ft = 640
| population_as_of = 2010
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| population_total = 538
| population_density_km2 = 130.2
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| timezone1 = EST
| utc_offset1 = -5
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| utc_offset1_DST = -4
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| postal_code_type = ZIP Code
| postal_code = 06031
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| area_code = 860
| blank_name = FIPS code
| blank_info = 09-27390
| blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
| blank1_info = 2631562
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Falls Village is a village and census-designated place in the town of Canaan in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.[http://www.ct.gov/ecd/cwp/view.asp?a=1106&q=251022 Listing of Cities, Towns, Villages, and Boroughs in Connecticut], Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development{{gnis|2631562}} As of the 2010 census it had a population of 538,{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0927390| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Falls Village CDP, Connecticut| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=American FactFinder| access-date=October 21, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213042530/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0927390| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}} out of 1,234 in the entire town of Canaan. Because Falls Village is the town center and principal constituent village in Canaan, the entire town is often referred to as "Falls Village".{{cite web |author=Betty Tyburski |url=http://www.canaanfallsvillage.org/History.htm |title=Early Historical Highlights of the Town of Canaan (commonly known as Falls Village) |publisher=Town of Canaan |access-date=2010-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405124203/http://www.canaanfallsvillage.org/History.htm |archive-date=2009-04-05 }} That usage also avoids confusion of the town with Canaan Village in the town of North Canaan, Connecticut, just to the north. Falls Village derives its name from a waterfall, known as Great Falls, on the Housatonic River within the village.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA123 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=123}}
The Falls Village post office is assigned ZIP code 06031, which encompasses the entire town of Canaan.
Geography
Falls Village is on the western side of the town of Canaan in northwestern Connecticut. The western edge of the census-designated place is the Canaan–Salisbury town line following the Housatonic River, it extends north of the village as far as Page Road, and south to a power line corridor that crosses Beebe Hill. To the east, the CDP extends out Connecticut Route 126 as far as Johnson Road.{{cite web| url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerweb/| title=TIGERweb: Falls Village, Connecticut| publisher=Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=October 22, 2019}}
U.S. Route 7 passes through the village, leading north {{convert|6|mi|0}} to Canaan Village and south the same distance to West Cornwall. Route 126 leads east from Falls Village {{convert|2|mi|0}} to Connecticut Route 63 and north {{convert|4|mi|0}} to U.S. Route 44 in North Canaan.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Falls Village CDP has an area of {{convert|4.1|sqkm|order=flip}}, all land.
Historic district
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Falls Village District
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| nocat = yes
| image = StPatricksChurch FallsVillage Connecticut 617sm.jpg
| caption = St. Patrick's Church
| location = Canaan, Connecticut
| coordinates = {{coord|41|57|23|N|73|21|49|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Connecticut#USA
| area = {{convert|70|acre|km2}}
| architect = Lambert & Bunnell; Multiple
| architecture = Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne
| added = June 14, 1979
| refnum = 79002622{{NRISref|2009a|refnum=79002622}}
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In 1979, the Falls Village District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an historic district. The district represents about {{convert|70|acre|m2}} that were built in the middle of the 19th century as a result of the area being selected as a station stop for the Housatonic Railroad in the early 1830s. Newer buildings around the junction of U.S. Route 7 and Connecticut Route 126 are excluded.
The historic district includes examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne architecture. It includes 71 buildings and the canal built to harness water power from the Great Falls northwest of the village. The district is bounded on the south by the east-west portion of Railroad Street, on the east by the rear property lines of houses fronting Beebe Hill Road, on the north by the rear property lines of houses fronting Brewster Road, and on the west by the Housatonic Railroad tracks (with a bulge in the northwest to include the unused 1851 canal between Water Street and the railroad tracks).{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79002622}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Falls Village District |date=October 6, 1978 |author=David F. Ransom |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=79002622|title=Accompanying 20 photos, from 1978|photos=y}}
Contributing properties in the historic district include the D. M. Hunt Library, built in 1891, and St. Patrick's Church.
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See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.canaanfallsvillage.org/ Town of Canaan / Falls Village official website]
{{Litchfield County, Connecticut}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Category:Canaan (town), Connecticut
Category:Villages in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut