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For the historic house in Staunton, see Folly (Staunton, Virginia).

Folly is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

According to tradition, a lumberman made a "folly" when he overestimated the amount of timber in the area, hence the name.

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