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Falls County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,968. [1] The county seat is Marlin. [2] It is named for the original 10-foot-tall waterfall on the Brazos River, which existed until the river changed course during a storm in 1866.
English: This is a locator map showing Falls County in Texas. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
Marlin is a city in Falls County, Texas, United States. Its population was 5,462 at the 2020 census. [4] Since 1851, it has been the county seat of Falls County. Marlin has been given the nickname "The Hot Mineral Water City of Texas" by the 76th Texas State Legislature. [5] Mineral water was discovered there in 1892.
Cedar Springs is situated on Farm to Market Road 2027.It was named for a nearby spring and cedar grove. A post office called operated from 1879 to 1905, and was called Viesca, for Sarahville de Viesca.
Westphalia is a small unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas, United States, located 35 mi (56 km) south of Waco on State Highway 320. Westphalia has a strong German and Catholic background. The Church of the Visitation was, until recently, the largest wooden church west of the Mississippi River.
Reagan is an unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas, United States. It lies at the intersection of State Highway 6 and Farm-to-Market Road 413, nine miles (14 km) southeast of Marlin. State Representative Dan Kubiak was born in Reagan in 1938. Kubiak's younger brother, L. B. Kubiak from 1983 to 1991, held the same House seat.
Lott is located southwest of the center of Falls County on high ground between the north-flowing Little Deer Creek and the south-flowing Cottonwood Creek, both tributaries of the Brazos River. U.S. Route 77 passes through the city, leading north 26 miles (42 km) to Waco and south 25 miles (40 km) to Cameron.
Sarahville de Viesca or Fort Milam or Bucksnort is a ghost town in Falls County, Texas, United States.The settlement was established in 1834 by Sterling C. Robertson and named for his mother Mrs. Sarah (née Maclin) Robertson and Agustín Viesca, the Mexican governor of Coahuila y Tejas.