Fall Brook is a

ghost town A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...

in Ward Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 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

Erie Canal The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigability, navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, ...

. 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

Fallbrook, California Fallbrook is a census-designated place in northern San Diego County, California. It had a population of 32,267 at the 2020 census. Fallbrook is immediately east of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton. It is known for its avocado groves and c ...

, is named after this town.

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List of People Buried in Fall Brook Cemetery
{{authority control Ghost towns in Pennsylvania History of Pennsylvania Geography of Tioga County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1860 establishments in Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania