Do you know of Foys ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Foys. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Foys.<1> We found mention of Foys as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Jones County, North Carolina. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Foys ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Foys: SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Foys. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 37/24580 (Place Name: Foys) County: Jones (FIPS State/County: 37/103) Class: U8 Identifies a populated place (in this case, Foys) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). More Orphans in Jones County ...Can you help? As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jones County.
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