Welcome to Foltz ...

So far, we found very little information about Foltz. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Foltz to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Foltz, please Contact Us.

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Foltz would have been located within present day Berkeley County<2>.

The location of Foltz has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Foltz, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Foltz is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Foltz was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Foltz once stood is in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Websites for Foltz ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.berkeleycounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Foltz, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Foltz ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Foltz - they are located in Mississippi, Nevada and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Foltz.

Communities near Foltz ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Foltz.

• Hagerstown
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerstown
  • Hagerstown is located in Washington County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,918 people
  • Former name for Hagerstown:
  • Hager's Town
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hagerstown <6>
• Martinsburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
  • Martinsburg is located in Berkeley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,514 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsburg <6>
• Brunswick
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
  • Brunswick is located in Frederick County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,652 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <6>
• Charles Town
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Town
  • Charles Town is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,015 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charles Town <6>
• Ranson
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranson
  • Ranson is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,360 people
  • Ranson has also been known as:
  • Corporation of Ranson
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranson <6>
• Middletown
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Middletown is located in Frederick County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,910 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <6>
• Boonsboro
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boonsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
  • Boonsboro is located in Washington County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,655 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boonsboro <6>
• Smithsburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithsburg
  • Smithsburg is located in Washington County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,969 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithsburg <6>
• Lovettsville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovettsville
  • Lovettsville is located in Loudoun County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,267 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovettsville <6>
• Williamsport
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
  • Williamsport is located in Washington County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,074 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsport <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Foltz. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Foltz.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Foltz. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Foltz.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Foltz. See our Newspapers Page for Foltz.

Adding Foltz to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Foltz in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Foltz was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Foltz post office opened in 1890.

We also found Foltz in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Foltz.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Berkeley County: www.berkeleycountycomm.org/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/