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Welcome to Foley ...

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.

Foley would have been located within present day Tillamook County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Foley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Foley is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Foley was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Foley was located: 503 & 971<4>

Communities Also Named Foley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Foley - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Dakota (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Foley ...

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

  • Tillamook
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Cannon Beach
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Rockaway Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bay City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Bay City is located in Tillamook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,429 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay City <5>
  • Garibaldi
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garibaldi have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garibaldi
    • Garibaldi is located in Tillamook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garibaldi <5>
  • Manzanita
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manzanita have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita
    • Manzanita is located in Tillamook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 670 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manzanita <5>
  • Nehalem
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Nedonna Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nedonna Beach
    • Nedonna Beach is located in Tillamook County
  • Twin Rocks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rocks
    • Twin Rocks is located in Tillamook County
  • Barview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

Adding Foley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Foley 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 Foley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Foley post office opened in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Foley.

The official website for Tillamook County: www.co.tillamook.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Tillamook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Foley - 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 503 code has been Overlayed with the 971 area code. New phone numbers in the Foley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the Foley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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