Folsom
Folsom proper noun: a surname.
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.
- 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...2003, Angela Y. Davis, chapter 1, in Are Prisons Obsolete?, archived from the original on 19 May 2023, page 12
- 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.2025 April 16, Andrew Stanton, “Bernie Sanders Rally Crowd Size Tops 30K in District Trump Won Three Times”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2025
- 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.
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Forms of Folsom
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Origin of Folsom
Variant of Foulsham.
Words formed from Folsom
Questions about Folsom
- What does Folsom mean?
- Folsom means a surname.
- What part of speech is Folsom?
- Folsom is a proper noun.
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