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History · Falls City

Falls City’s post office opened in 1893

Most of Falls City was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1931 on and the census since 1950.

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0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Falls City began

When was Falls City founded?

1893

The Falls City post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 422 in 19502020 census: 514133 years
Founding year: the first Falls City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Falls City’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Falls City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Falls City, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Falls City yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Falls City is a city in Karnes County, Texas, United States. The population was 514 at the 2020 census. Falls City is near the location of a uranium tailings disposal cell, completed in 1994 under the terms of the 1978 Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act. The early settlers, predominantly Polish Catholics, founded the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in 1902.

Its first post office opened in 1893. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 611 to 514 (-16%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Falls City, 1893 to 1931

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893Post officeThe Falls City post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1908Born hereFabian Kowalik is born here
  5. 1926Born hereReies Tijerina is born here
  6. 1931On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Falls City, decade by decade

Today3 recent
U.S. 181 Bridge, just south of town2005U.S. 181 Bridge, just south of townFalls City, Texas2005Falls City, TexasTXMap-doton-FallsCity2004TXMap-doton-FallsCity
On the map

Falls City on the map, 1931 to 1961

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Falls City. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Falls City on the 1931 USGS mapFalls City on the 1961 USGS map1931Falls City sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Falls City.

People over time

Falls City, census by census

01002003004005006001960198020002020Peak: 611

Between 422 and 611 people in every census since 1950.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Falls City’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Falls City

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Reies TijerinaAmerican activist · b. 1926
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Fabian KowalikAmerican baseball player · b. 1908

Questions about Falls City’s history

What year was Falls City founded?

The Falls City post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.