Folsom

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Etymology

Variant of Foulsham.

Proper noun

Folsom (countable and uncountable, plural Folsoms)

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Alabama, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.
  4. A city in Sacramento County, California, United States.
    • 2003, Angela Y. Davis, chapter 1, in Are Prisons Obsolete?‎, 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.
  5. An unincorporated community in Bartow County, Georgia, United States.
  6. A village in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri, United States.
  8. A borough of Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
  9. A village in Union County, New Mexico, United States.
  10. An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio, United States.
  11. A census-designated place in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  12. An unincorporated community in Custer County, South Dakota, United States.
  13. A former unincorporated community in Potter County, Texas, United States.
  14. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.
  15. An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States.

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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.

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