Foley, Florida

Foley, Florida
Unincorporated area
Foley, Florida is located in Florida
Foley, Florida
Foley, Florida
Location within Florida
Foley, Florida is located in the United States
Foley, Florida
Foley, Florida
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 30°4′9.77″N 83°31′50.53″W / 30.0693806°N 83.5307028°W / 30.0693806; -83.5307028
Country United States
State Florida
CountyTaylor
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
32348
GNIS feature ID282642

Foley is an unincorporated area in Taylor County, Florida, United States. It is located about 5 mi (8.05 km) southeast of Perry. The area is named after Jerry S. Foley, who founded it as a company town for the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company.

History

Town plat of Foley, Florida (1940)

In 1929, Brooks-Scanlon relocated to this section of Taylor County from their sawmill in Eastport, near Jacksonville. In doing so, the company planned to establish a town for its workers in the process. The town would consist of all the standard institutions, including a school, church, and post office, which opened in 1929 but was discontinued in 1964. There was also a theater, which burned down in 1936.

Foley Lumber Industries Inc. was established in 1951 and purchased the Brooks-Scanlon lumber plant that same year. At this time there were 600 homes available to workers at Foley. The industrial site would later be home to a branch of the Buckeye Cellulose Corporation, a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble. It is now occupied by Georgia Pacific, which acquired Buckeye in 2013.

References

  1. 1 2 "Foley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ McMath, Grace Wells; Dawkins, Mary Wells (December 13, 1953). "Perry's Growth May Mike It Important City". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Mase, Sam (December 1, 1952). "Perry Folk Ponder Economic Impact Of Huge Pulp Plant". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  4. ↑ "To Move Town of 3000 People". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. February 20, 1929. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Foley To Get Mail At Perry Post Office". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. August 13, 1964. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Foley Theater Burns". The Tampa Times. Tampa, Florida. November 28, 1936. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Lumber Work To Continue In Foley". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. October 28, 1951. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  8. ↑ Pride, Don (October 31, 1965). "Industry's Balance Act". The Tampa Tribune. St. Petersburg, Florida. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  9. ↑ Dries, Bill (April 24, 2013). "Georgia-Pacific Pays $1.5 Billion for Buckeye Technologies". Memphis Daily News. The Daily News Publishing Company. Retrieved July 6, 2023.