The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFoley ( FOH-lee) is a city and the county seat of Benton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,711 at the 2020 census. Foley is part of the St. Cloud metropolitan area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,603 to 2,711 (+4%). Half of its homes were built before 1979.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Foley yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Foley’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Foley’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Foley, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Foley is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Foley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Church of Sts. Peter and Paul-Catholic in Gilman, 5.3 miles away.
Foley and the nearest listed places
Closest to Foley
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.