1 of Falling Waters’ places is on the National Register
More historic than 40% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the White Bush. Most of Falling Waters was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999.
About Falling Waters’ history
How historic is Falling Waters?
More historic than 40% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
What drives Falling Waters’ History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Falling Waters is more historic than 40% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
West Virginia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical West Virginia town has 29.6 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Falling Waters’ 9.2 sits near the middle of its state (52% of West Virginia towns have fewer) while its 2 historic buildings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
1 historic place in Falling Waters
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Architectural styles listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Places now gone and burying grounds
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Falling Waters’ history
How does Falling Waters rank for history?
Falling Waters is more historic than 40% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Falling Waters?
One place: the White Bush (listed 1980).
How old are the homes in Falling Waters?
5% of Falling Waters’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.8 points), against a typical 13% for a West Virginia town; the median home was built in 1999.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1) 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.