Fall Brook is a

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located in Ward Township, Tioga County,

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, United States. The town has been deserted since around 1900. In 1860, the Fallbrook Coal Company founded the town on the Fall Brook Creek. John Magee and his son Duncan had discovered some coal along the banks of the Fall Brook Creek. The Magees also constructed a railroad to connect Fall Brook with

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where the coal was transported up to the

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. By 1862, Fall Brook had a population of about 1400 people.Website of Fallbrook, California
accessed January 25, 2008 Eventually the coal ran out, and by 1900 the town ceased to exist. The town of

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is named after this town.

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List of People Buried in Fall Brook Cemetery
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