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History · Folsom

Folsom’s post office opened in 1905, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Folsom was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. Its Register listing is the Folsom Branch Library.

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How Folsom began

When was Folsom founded?

1905

The Folsom post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 769121 years
Founding year: the first Folsom post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Folsom’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Folsom are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Folsom’s history is told.

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The story so far

Folsom, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Folsom yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Folsom is a village in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 716 at the 2010 census, and 769 in 2020. The town is named after the wife of Grover Cleveland, Frances Folsom. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area.

Its first post office opened in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 716 to 769 (+7%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Folsom, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Folsom

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2022
Folsom Branch Library
Folsom Branch Library
Buildings
All 1 listings
Folsom Branch LibraryBuilding · listed 2022

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Folsom’s history

What year was Folsom founded?

The Folsom post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Folsom?

One place: the Folsom Branch Library (listed 2022).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.