Welcome to Folger ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Folger, you might consider that their post office opened in 1935.

Folger is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Folger lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Folger: 907

Communities Also Named Folger ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Folger - they are located in Ohio, Ontario and Tennessee.

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

Adding Folger to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Folger in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Folger was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Folger post office opened in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Folger.

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Folger - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/