Folsom, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Abandoned gas station and store in Folsom
Abandoned gas station and store in Folsom
Folsom, Alabama is located in Alabama
Folsom, Alabama
Folsom, Alabama
Folsom, Alabama is located in the United States
Folsom, Alabama
Folsom, Alabama
Coordinates: 32°40′57″N 87°24′21″W / 32.68250°N 87.40583°W / 32.68250; -87.40583
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyPerry
Elevation
430 ft (130 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code334
GNIS feature ID156363[1]

Folsom, also spelled Folsolm, is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Alabama, United States.[1]

History

Folsom was originally named Cleveland Beat and was a voting precinct during Grover Cleveland's first presidency. The name was then changed to Folsom in honor of Cleveland's wife, Frances Folsom.[2] A post office operated under the name Folsom from 1887 to 1904.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Folsom, Perry County, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 58. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. ↑ "Perry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2015.


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