Welcome to Fosters Mill ...
Fosters Mill is located in Colbert County<1>.
A typical abbreviation for Fosters Mill: Fosters Ml. (or less commonly used: Fosters Mll.)
See our Genealogy Helper Page for Fosters Mill for more information about variations on the name of Fosters Mill.
Fosters Mill is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Fosters Mill lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Fosters Mill: 256 & 938<3>
Communities near Fosters Mill ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fosters Mill.
- Florence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Muscle Shoals
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sheffield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tuscumbia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Rogersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <4>
- Town Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Littleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Littleville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
- Killen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fosters Mill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fosters Mill.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fosters Mill. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fosters Mill.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fosters Mill. See our Newspapers Page for Fosters Mill.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fosters Mill ...
Looking for more information about Fosters Mill? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fosters Mill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fosters Mill.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Colbert, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fosters Mill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Fosters Mill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Fosters Mill area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |