RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Oregon >> Lane County >> Foley SpringsIndex...

Welcome to Foley Springs ...

Foley Springs is located in Lane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Foley Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

A typical abbreviation for Foley Springs: Foley Spgs. (or less commonly used: Foley Spngs. or Foley Sprngs.)

Foley Springs is 1,710 feet [521 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Foley Springs lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Foley Springs: 541 & 458<3>

Communities near Foley Springs ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Foley Springs.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Foley Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Foley Springs.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Foley Springs ...

Looking for more information about Foley Springs? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Foley Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Foley Springs.

Adding Foley Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Foley Springs 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 Foley Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Foley Springs post office opened in 1884.

We also found Foley Springs in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Foley Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Lane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Foley Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Foley Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Foley Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/