Falls View, West Virginia

Census-designated place in West Virginia, United States

38°07′34″N 81°14′46″W / 38.12611°N 81.24611°W / 38.12611; -81.24611CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCounty FayetteArea

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• Total0.405 sq mi (1.05 km²) • Land0.330 sq mi (0.85 km²) • Water0.075 sq mi (0.19 km²)Elevation

663 ft (202 m)Population

(2010)^[2]

• Total238 • Density590/sq mi (230/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code(s)304 & 681GNIS feature ID1554440^[3]

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 2010 census, its population was 238.^[2] 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.^[4] Electro Metallurgical operated four ferroalloy plants in the area, powered by hydroelectricity generated at the dam on Kanawha Falls.^[4]

References

^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "2010 Demographic Profile Data". American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. 2010. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
^ "Falls View". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 27, 1980. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Federal Writers' Project (1941). The WPA Guide to West Virginia: The Mountain State. San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press. pp. 439–440.