Folsom

English

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?‎^[1], 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.

Derived terms

• Folsomite

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Folsom is the 4667^th 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.

Anagrams

• flooms