Foley, Florida

Foley is an unincorporated area in Taylor [County, Florida|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.