Falun is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in southwestern Saline County

Saline County, Kansas

Saline County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 55,606...

, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

United States

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. It lies southwest of the city of Salina

Salina, Kansas

Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 47,707. Located in one of the world's largest wheat-producing areas, Salina is a regional trade center for north-central Kansas...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Saline County. Its elevation is 1,348 feet (411 m), and it is located at 38°40′16"N 97°45′34"W (38.6711171, -97.7594855). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office

Post office

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, with the ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 of 67442. Falun is part of the Salina Micropolitan Statistical Area

Salina micropolitan area

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.

Primary and secondary education

Falun is part of Unified School District

Unified school district

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400.

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