Foley, Florida

Foley, Florida
Unincorporated area
Foley, Florida is located in Florida
Foley, Florida
Foley, Florida
Foley, Florida is located in the United States
Foley, Florida
Foley, Florida
Coordinates: 30°4′9.77″N 83°31′50.53″W / 30.0693806°N 83.5307028°W / 30.0693806; -83.5307028[1]
Country United States
State Florida
CountyTaylor
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
32348
GNIS feature ID282642[1]

Foley is an unincorporated area in Taylor County, Florida, United States. It is located about 5 mi (8.05 km) southeast of Perry.[2] The area is named after Jerry S. Foley, who founded it as a company town for the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] There was also a theater, which burned down in 1936.[6]

Foley Lumber Industries Inc. was established in 1951 and purchased the Brooks-Scanlon lumber plant that same year.[7] At this time there were 600 homes available to workers at Foley.[3] The industrial site would later be home to a branch of the Buckeye Cellulose Corporation, a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble.[8] It is now occupied by Georgia Pacific, which acquired Buckeye in 2013.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.


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