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Welcome to Folmer ...

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

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

Folmer would have been located within present day Paulding County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Folmer, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Folmer is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Folmer was located: 419 & 567<4>

Communities near Folmer ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Folmer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Folmer 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 (so far) for Folmer was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Folmer.

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 Folmer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Paulding, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Folmer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Folmer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Folmer area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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