Falls Church, Virginia

Falls Church, Virginia
Independent city
City of Falls Church
Downtown Falls Church
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Location of Falls Church in Virginia
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Coordinates: 38°53′09″N 77°10′20″W / 38.88583°N 77.17222°W / 38.88583; -77.17222
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Settled	c. 1699
Incorporated (town)	1875
Incorporated (city)	1948
Government
• Type	Council–manager
• Mayor	David Tarter
Area [1]
• Total	2.05 sq mi (5.30 km2)
• Land	2.05 sq mi (5.30 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	328 ft (99 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	14,658
• Density	7,200/sq mi (2,800/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	22040, 22042, 22044, 22046
Area code(s)	703 and 571
FIPS code	51-27200
GNIS feature ID	1495526[2]
Website	fallschurchva.gov
Sister city is Kokolopori, Democratic Republic of Congo

Falls Church is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.^[2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,658.^[3] Falls Church is included in the Washington metropolitan area.

Taking its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century Church of England (later Episcopal Church) parish, Falls Church gained township status within Fairfax County in 1875. In 1948, it seceded from Fairfax County and was incorporated as the City of Falls Church, an independent city with county-level governance status although it is not nominally a county.^[4]

The city's corporate boundaries do not include all of the area historically known as Falls Church; these areas include portions of Seven Corners and other portions of the current Falls Church postal districts of Fairfax County, as well as the area of Arlington County known as East Falls Church, which was part of the town of Falls Church from 1875 to 1936.^[5] For statistical purposes, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Falls Church with Fairfax City and Fairfax County.

At 2.11 square miles, Falls Church is the smallest incorporated municipality in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the smallest county-equivalent municipality in the United States.