Falling Spring, WV

Falling Spring is a town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 171 residents. Falling Spring is also known as Renick from the name of its post office. In 1769, Major William Renick from Augusta County, Virginia, settled on an entry of 1,000 acres in the northern area of Greenbrier County, an area 16 miles north of Lewisburg known as Falling Spring. Falling Spring's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider West Virginia setting. The local scoop is how Falling Spring's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Spring Creek Presbyterian Church was established in 1783. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The railroad line is now the Greenbrier River Trail.