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]
Foley, Florida | |
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Unincorporated area | |
  Foley, Florida  Foley, Florida | |
| Coordinates: 30°4′9.77″N 83°31′50.53″W / 30.0693806°N 83.5307028°W[1] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Florida |
| County | Taylor |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 32348 |
| GNIS feature ID | 282642[1] |
History edit
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 edit
- ^ a b "Foley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "To Move Town of 3000 People". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. February 20, 1929. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ "Foley To Get Mail At Perry Post Office". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. August 13, 1964. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- ^ "Foley Theater Burns". The Tampa Times. Tampa, Florida. November 28, 1936. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- ^ "Lumber Work To Continue In Foley". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. October 28, 1951. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ Pride, Don (October 31, 1965). "Industry's Balance Act". The Tampa Tribune. St. Petersburg, Florida. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ 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.