Folsom is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.

[1] Folsom used to be called Robinson,[1] named after the Robinson Improvement Company, and was later changed to Folsom, after Francis Folsom, the maiden name of Grover Cleveland's wife.

[citation needed] Chinese worked alongside West Virginians on the construction of the railroad in Folsom and through the rest of the Shortline area.

There also used to be a sawmill in Folsom, but when Route 20 came through, this mill and also a few houses were displaced.

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