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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Foley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Foley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Foley, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Foley (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Foley. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Foley is historic, it would have been located within present day Litchfield County.
To see how the shape of Connecticut's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Litchfield County: Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven, Berkshire (MA), Hampden (MA), Columbia (NY) & Dutchess (NY).
Below are the counties that are near Foley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Foley:
- Litchfield County (The home county of Foley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
- Twin Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Wangum Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village
- Canaan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Canaan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Canaan is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canaan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Taconic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Canaan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clayton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Amesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Falls Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Canaan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Canaan is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- Hartford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
- Hartland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hartland is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- West Hartland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hartland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hartland is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,113 people
- East Hartland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Canton is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canton
- Canton Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canton is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,230 people
- Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Burlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burlington is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,748 people
- Burlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Canton Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Canton Valley is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Valley
- Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
- Ashley Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Clayton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Gomorrah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah
- Sheffield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- Mount Washington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Mill River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mill River is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill River
- Southfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Southfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfield
- South Egremont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- New Marlborough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Marlborough is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,450 people
- Egremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- Egremont Plain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- Hartsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Hampden County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
- Tolland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tolland is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- West Granville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Granville is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville
- North Blandford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Blandford is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Blandford
- Blandford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blandford is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Granville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Granville is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,606 people
- Chester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chester is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,365 people
- Russell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Russell is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,787 people
- Woronoco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woronoco is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woronoco
- Chester Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chester Center is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Center
- Southwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Southwick is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,715 people
- North Chester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Chester is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chester
- Hampshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
- Middlefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Middlefield is located in Hampshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Huntington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington is located in Hampshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,159 people
- Columbia County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
- Weed Mines
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- Copake Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Copake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ancramdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Copake Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Copake Lake is located in Columbia County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Lake
- Ancram
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Craryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Silvernails
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Green River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Green River is located in Columbia County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Taghkanic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Martindale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Martindale is located in Columbia County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Dutchess County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
- Spencer Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners
- Irondale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Millerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leedsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leedsville is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville
- Bethel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Amenia Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amenia Union is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amenia Union
- Amenia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smithfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smithfield is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Pine Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wassaic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Lithgow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lithgow is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithgow
- Greene County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
- Athens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Catskill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Catskill is located in Greene County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Jefferson Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Ulster County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
- Glasco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Malden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Malden is located in Ulster County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Saugerties
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Foley, see our County-by-County Page for Foley.
Cemeteries Near Foley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Foley.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Foley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Foley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
- Dutcher Bridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chapinville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Canaan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hunt Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barnard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Our Lady Of The Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Under Mtn. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Churchill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Root Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Hewins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Munson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Foley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Foley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Foley, with the one closest to Foley listed first.
- Twin Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Canaan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ashley Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Salisbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Falls Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Canaan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Canaan is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canaan
- East Canaan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clayton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lime Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Sheffield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- Alander
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alander is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alander
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ore Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Huntsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Mount Riga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Riga is located in Dutchess County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Riga
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Foley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Foley.
Newspapers Published in Foley ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Foley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Foley, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Foley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Foley:
- Websites specific to Connecticut
- Pages specific to Litchfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hartford County
- Berkshire County
- Hampden County
- Hampshire County
- Columbia County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Ulster County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Foley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Foley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <5> | The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.
When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.
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