{"id":11727,"count":1,"description":"Upper Falls is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County. The Coal River bisects the community, which takes its name from the cascading waters of its Upper Falls.\n\nGeography\n\nThe Upper Falls CDP is located at +38.3435092, -081.8673717. The National Geodetic Survey control point for Upper Falls is at 38 20 23 N, 081 50 20 W. The US Geological Survey locates the Upper Falls of Coal River at 38.3425941, -81.8415181 and the Upper Falls census designated place at 38.3325030, -81.8857690.\n\nDemographics\n\nAs of the Census of 2010[7], there were 3,701 people in 1549 households residing in the community.\n\nHistory\n\nUpper Falls, Virginia was discovered in 1742 by John Peter Salley during an expedition along the Coal River. Today, the community is in West Virginia, which gained independent statehood in 1863. Since the earliest European settlers moved into the area in the 18th century, the community, named for the cascading waters of the adjacent river, was known as Upper...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/upper-falls\/","name":"Upper Falls","slug":"upper-falls","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/11727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=11727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}