Foley, Florida
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| name = Foley, Florida
| settlement_type = Unincorporated area
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| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Taylor
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|postal_code = 32348
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Foley is an unincorporated area in Taylor County, Florida, United States. It is located about {{convert|5|mi|km|2|abbr=on}} southeast of Perry.{{cite news|last1=McMath|first1=Grace Wells|last2=Dawkins|first2=Mary Wells|date=December 13, 1953|title=Perry's Growth May Mike It Important City|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-foley-floridas-in/127786378/|work=Tallahassee Democrat|location=Tallahassee, Florida|access-date=July 6, 2023}} The area is named after Jerry S. Foley, who founded it as a company town for the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company.{{cite news|last1=Mase|first=Sam|date=December 1, 1952|title=Perry Folk Ponder Economic Impact Of Huge Pulp Plant|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-jerry-s-foley-founde/127786852/|work=The Tampa Tribune|location=Tampa, Florida|access-date=July 7, 2023}}
History
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.{{cite news|author=|date=February 20, 1929|title=To Move Town of 3000 People|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-foley-florida-est/127787500/|work=Tallahassee Democrat|location=Tallahassee, Florida|access-date=July 7, 2023}} 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.{{cite news|author=|date=August 13, 1964|title=Foley To Get Mail At Perry Post Office|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-foley-post-office-d/127868854/|work=Tallahassee Democrat|location=Tallahassee, Florida|access-date=July 8, 2023}} There was also a theater, which burned down in 1936.{{cite news|author=|date=November 28, 1936|title=Foley Theater Burns|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-times-foley-theater-1936-fire/127861162/|work=The Tampa Times|location=Tampa, Florida|access-date=July 8, 2023}}
Foley Lumber Industries Inc. was established in 1951 and purchased the Brooks-Scanlon lumber plant that same year.{{cite news|author=|date=October 28, 1951|title=Lumber Work To Continue In Foley|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-foley-lumber-indust/127792683/|work=Tallahassee Democrat|location=Tallahassee, Florida|access-date=July 7, 2023}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Pride|first=Don|date=October 31, 1965|title=Industry's Balance Act|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-buckeye-cellulose-subsi/127808286/|work=The Tampa Tribune|location=St. Petersburg, Florida|access-date=July 7, 2023}} It is now occupied by Georgia Pacific, which acquired Buckeye in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2013/apr/24/georgia-pacific-to-buy-buckeye-technologies/|title=Georgia-Pacific Pays $1.5 Billion for Buckeye Technologies|last=Dries|first=Bill|date=April 24, 2013|website=Memphis Daily News|publisher=The Daily News Publishing Company|access-date=July 6, 2023}}
References
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{{Taylor County, Florida}}
Category:Unincorporated communities in Florida
Category:Populated places in Taylor County, Florida
Category:Unincorporated communities in Taylor County, Florida
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