Foley, Florida

Foley is an unincorporated area in Taylor County, Florida, United States. It is located about southeast of Perry. The area is named after Jerry S. Foley, who founded it as a company town for the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company.

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. 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. There was also a theater, which burned down in 1936.
Foley Lumber Industries Inc. was established in 1951 and purchased the Brooks-Scanlon lumber plant that same year. 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. It is now occupied by Georgia Pacific, which acquired Buckeye in 2013.