Welcome to Folger ...

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

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

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Folger would have been located within present day Lorain County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Folger, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Folger is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Folger still existed, it would have been in the (440) area code.

Websites for Folger ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.loraincountychamber.com/

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

Communities Also Named Folger ...

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

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

Communities near Folger ...

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

• Cleveland
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Cleveland is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 378,589 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <5>
• Parma
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
  • Parma is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,558 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <5>
• Lorain
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorain
  • Lorain is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 63,872 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lorain <5>
• Elyria
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
  • Elyria is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,873 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elyria <5>
• Lakewood
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
  • Lakewood is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,350 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakewood <5>
• Strongsville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongsville
  • Strongsville is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,481 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strongsville <5>
• North Ridgeville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Ridgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridgeville
  • North Ridgeville is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,104 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Ridgeville <5>
• Brunswick
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
  • Brunswick is located in Medina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,052 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <5>
• Westlake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westlake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
  • Westlake is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,907 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westlake <5>
• North Olmsted
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Olmsted have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Olmsted
  • North Olmsted is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,173 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Olmsted <5>

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 Folger. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Folger.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Folger. 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 Folger.

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

Adding Folger to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Folger 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 Folger was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Folger post office opened in 1891.

We also found Folger on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Folger.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lorain County: www.loraincounty.us

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/