Foley, Florida | |
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Unincorporated area | |
Coordinates: 30°4′9.77″N 83°31′50.53″W / 30.0693806°N 83.5307028°W [1] | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Taylor |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 32348 |
GNIS feature ID | 282642 [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]
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]