Do you know of Foster ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Foster. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Foster.
Our sources for Foster (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Foster other than they indicate that Foster would be found somewhere in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1891 and closed in 1905.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Foster ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Foster.
Within South Carolina, the name Foster is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 39 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Foster.
- California
- Georgia
- Brooks County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Foster [Brooks County].
- Sumter County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Foster [Sumter County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Foster [Warren County].
- Iowa
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Foster [Monroe County].
- Kansas
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Foster [Butler County].
- Kentucky
- Bracken County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Foster [Bracken County].
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Michigan
- Gogebic County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Foster [Gogebic County].
- Isabella County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Foster [Isabella County].
- Washtenaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Foster [Washtenaw County].
- Minnesota
- Big Stone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Foster [Big Stone County].
- Mississippi
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Foster [Adams County].
- Missouri
- Bates County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Foster [Bates County].
- Montana
- Big Horn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Foster [Big Horn County].
- Yellowstone County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Foster [Yellowstone County].
- Nebraska
- Pierce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Foster [Pierce County].
- New York
- Tioga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Foster [Tioga County].
- North Carolina
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Foster [Jackson County].
- Ohio
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Foster [Warren County].
- Oklahoma
- Garvin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Foster [Garvin County].
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Indiana County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Foster [Indiana County].
- Susquehanna County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Foster [Susquehanna County].
- Venango County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Foster [Venango County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Foster.
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Foster [Providence County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Mathews County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Foster [Mathews County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Foster [King County].
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Foster [Boone County].
- Wisconsin
- Eau Claire County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Foster [Eau Claire County].
- Wyoming
- Converse County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Foster [Converse County].
- British Columbia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Foster ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Foster:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Foster - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Spartanburg County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Spartanburg County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Foster could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |