Falls Village

Village derives its name from a waterfall, known as Great Falls, on the Housatonic River within the village. The Falls Village post office is assigned ZIP code 06031, which encompasses the entire town of Canaan.

• Name — Falls Village, Connecticut • Settlement Type — Census-designated place • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — United States • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Connecticut • Subdivision Type2 — Town • Subdivision Name2 — Canaan • Area Total Km2 — 4.13 • Area Land Km2 — 4.13 • Area Water Km2 — 0.0 • Elevation Ft — 640 • Population As Of — 2010 • Population Total — 538 • Population Density Km2 — 130.2 • Timezone1 — EST • Utc Offset1 — -5 • Timezone1 Dst — EDT • Utc Offset1 Dst — -4 • Postal Code Type — ZIP Code • Postal Code — 06031 • Area Code — 860 • Blank Name — FIPS code • Blank Info — 09-27390 • Blank1 Name — GNIS feature ID • Blank1 Info — 2631562

Falls Village is on the western side of the town of Canaan in northwestern Connecticut. The western edge of the census-designated place is the Canaan–Salisbury town line following the Housatonic River, it extends north of the village as far as Page Road, and south to a power line corridor that crosses Beebe Hill. To the east, the CDP extends out Connecticut Route 126 as far as Johnson Road. U.S. Route 7 passes through the village, leading north 6 mi to Canaan Village and south the same distance to West Cornwall. Route 126 leads east from Falls Village 2 mi to Connecticut Route 63 and north 4 mi to U.S. Route 44 in North Canaan. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Falls Village CDP has an area of 4.1 sqkm, all land.

• Name — Falls Village District • Nrhp Type — hd • Nocat — yes • Location — Canaan, Connecticut • Area — 70 acre • Architect — Lambert & Bunnell; Multiple • Architecture — Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne • Added — June 14, 1979 • Ref Num — 79002622 In 1979, the Falls Village District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an historic district. The district represents about 70 acre that were built in the middle of the 19th century as a result of the area being selected as a station stop for the Housatonic Railroad in the early 1830s. Newer buildings around the junction of U.S. Route 7 and Connecticut Route 126 are excluded. The historic district includes examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne architecture. It includes 71 buildings and the canal built to harness water power from the Great Falls northwest of the village. The district is bounded on the south by the east-west portion of Railroad Street, on the east by the rear property lines of houses fronting Beebe Hill Road, on the north by the rear property lines of houses fronting Brewster Road, and on the west by the Housatonic Railroad tracks (with a bulge in the northwest to include the unused 1851 canal between Water Street and the railroad tracks). Contributing properties in the historic district include the D. M. Hunt Library, built in 1891, and St. Patrick's Church.

It is in the Canaan School District.