Do you know of Fosterville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Fosterville. 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 Fosterville.<1>

We found mention of Fosterville as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Fosterville ...

We found ten communities that share the name Fosterville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Fosterville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Fosterville [Hillsborough County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Fosterville.
- New York
  - Cayuga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fosterville [Cayuga County].
- Ohio
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Fosterville [Jefferson County].
  - Mahoning County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Fosterville [Mahoning County].
  - Preble County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Fosterville [Preble County].
- Tennessee
  - Rutherford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Fosterville [Rutherford County].
- Texas
  - Anderson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Fosterville [Anderson County].
- Virginia
  - Stafford County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fosterville [Stafford County].
- West Virginia
  - Boone County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Fosterville [Boone County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fosterville ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fosterville:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Fosterville - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Fosterville.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/26968 (Place Name: Fosterville)

County: Westmoreland (FIPS State/County: 42/129)

Class: X3

More Orphans in Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County.

Adams Hill
Amyville	Macbeth
Apollo	Mannitto Haven
Aqueduct	Manor Dale
Ashbaugh	Manor Station
	Marchands
Bethany	McGrews
Biddle	McKain
Bottsville	McMahon
Boucher	Meadow Mill
Boyle	Merwin
Branch Junction	Millville
Branch	Mocking Bird Hill
Breinizer	Moline

Calumet - Norvelt	New Salem
Cedar Creek	Nineveh
Chambers	North Huntingdon
Charleroi	North Webster
Cooksville	Northwest
Country Hills	Norwin Heights
County Junction
Cowans	Oakford Park
Crag Dell	Old Meadow
Creek	Overton
Cribb
Crisp	Park Meadows
	Park
Deronda	Penn Station
Derry Station	Penns Woods
Duffs	Perrysville
	Port Palmer
East Greensburgh	Pucketas
Edlepark	Puebla
Eisaman
Elrico	Ridgeview Park
Emma	Ridgeview
	Roaring Run
Fairfield	Robbins Station
Fairmont	Rostraver
Feree	Ruffsdale
Fort Palmer	Rumbaugh
Foxdale
	Saint Vincent
Geary	Sand Hill
Glencairn	Saunders
Goff	Seneca Valley
Green Lick	Sewickley
Griffin	Shaners Crossroads
	Shaulis
Hampshire Heights	Sheppler
Harford Heights	Shoup
Haser	Sinclair
Hecla	Sloan
Hendricksville	Snyder
Hoggs	Somers
Huff	Southerwood
Huntingdon Heights	Spring Garden
	Stauffer
Ingleside	Stewart's Station
	Stoners
Jack's Island	Suter
	Swedetown
Keffe	Sweeney Plan
Keffer
Kensington	Target
Kim Plan	Tarr
Kirtland	Townsend
Klondike	Trouts Crossing

Lacolle	Verona
Larimer's Station
Lash	Waltz
Laurel Mount Boro	Weaver Mill
Leechburgh Station	Wegley
Leuffer	Welty
Lippencott	West Apollo
Lockport Station	West Jeannette
Long Bridge	West Sewickley
Lose	West Side
Lucesco	Wilco Hill
Lusk	Willow Springs
Lynnwood - Pricedale	Winthrop
Lyons Run Mine	Woodlawn

Footnotes ...

<1>

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.

<2>

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Fosterville 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.