Folsom
English
Etymology
Variant of Foulsham.
Proper noun
Folsom (countable and uncountable, plural Folsoms)
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Perry County, Alabama, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.
- A city in Sacramento County, California, United States.
- 2003, Angela Y. Davis, chapter 1, in Are Prisons Obsolete?[1], archived from the original on 19 May 2023, page 12:
- Folsom, another well-known institution, opened in 1880. Between 1880 and 1933, when a facility for women was opened in Tehachapi, there was not a single new prison constructed. In 1952, the California Institution for Women opened and Tehachapi became a new prison for men. In all, between 1852 and 1955, nine prisons were constructed in California.
- 2025 April 16, Andrew Stanton, “Bernie Sanders Rally Crowd Size Tops 30K in District Trump Won Three Times”, in Newsweek[2]:
- In November 2024, Kiley won reelection in the district where Folsom is located by about 11 points, though Trumps' victory was closer to 3 points, according to data compiled by analyst Drew Savicki and cited by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Bartow County, Georgia, United States.
- A village in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri, United States.
- A borough of Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
- A village in Union County, New Mexico, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio, United States.
- A census-designated place in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Custer County, South Dakota, United States.
- A former unincorporated community in Potter County, Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Folsom is the 4667th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7598 individuals. Folsom is most common among White (87.22%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Folsom”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 587.