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Welcome to Falfurrias ...The city of Falfurrias is located on the South Texas Plains. Falfurrias is located in Brooks County<1> and is the County Seat for Brooks County. The location of Falfurrias has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Falfurrias, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Falfurrias has a population of 4,810 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Falfurrias is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Falfurrias lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Falfurrias: (361) The ZIP code for Falfurrias: 78355<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Falfurrias had an population of 4,810 people. This is a decrease of 3.43% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 9.19% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Falfurrias had a population of 4,981 people (or 68.96% of the total population of Brooks County). This makes Falfurrias the county's most populous community. The population of Falfurrias represents 0.02% of the population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 337th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 4,981 people, the population of Falfurrias decreased 5.97% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 5,297 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Falfurrias. Communities near Falfurrias ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Falfurrias.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Falfurrias. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Falfurrias. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Falfurrias. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Falfurrias. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Falfurrias. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Falfurrias. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Falfurrias ...Looking for more information about Falfurrias? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Falfurrias, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Falfurrias. Adding Falfurrias to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Falfurrias in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Falfurrias was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Falfurrias on a map titled Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956). For more details, see References and Mentions for Falfurrias. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Falfurrias. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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