Census Data for Foster
As far as we can tell, Foster has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Foster, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Moravia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blakesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Albia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Udell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Udell is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udell
- Rathbun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rathbun is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathbun
- Centerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mystic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mystic is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Chillicothe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chillicothe is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillicothe
- Melrose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Eddyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lovilia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
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- Drakesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Moulton is located in Appanoose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Hamilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
Monroe County ...
Foster is located in Monroe County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Monroe County.
Miscellaneous Information for Foster ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Monroe County or the community of Foster:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Foster:
- GNIS ID for Foster: 456691
- GNIS ID for Monroe County: 465256
- GNIS ID for State of Iowa: 1779785
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 19 (Iowa)
- County Code: 135 (Monroe County)
- Place Code: 28640 (Foster)
- State & County Code: 19/135 (Iowa / Monroe County)
- State & Place Code: 19/28640 (Iowa / Foster)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Foster is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Foster.
Footnotes ...
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