Fallis, Oklahoma

Fallis is a town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 27 at the 2010 census, a loss of 3.6 percent from 28 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Fallis is located at 35°44′58″N 97°7′18″W / 35.74944°N 97.12167°W / 35.74944; -97.12167 (35.749471, -97.121665). Located in western Lincoln County, Fallis is situated on a paved county road five miles northwest of Wellston.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.78 km²), all of it land.

History

Fallis was founded in 1892, just south of an Indian village on the western edge of the Iowa Reservation, in a wooded area and "on a long red hill." Originally named Mission 1892-1894, it was renamed in 1894 for its prime developer and first postmaster, Judge William Henry Fallis. Although the town is mostly abandoned today, and is nearly a ghost town, during the early 1900s Fallis was a whistle-stop for several railroad lines, and was a thriving little community with stores, hotels, banks, lumber yards, and other businesses, as well as a city hall. The population may have reached 400 during this time. Fallis was the home of several accomplished authors and poets.