Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Foster (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Foster. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Foster is located in Providence County .
To see how the shape of the state's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Providence County : Windham (CT) , Bristol (MA) , Norfolk (MA) , Worcester (MA) , Bristol & Kent .
Below are the counties that are near Foster. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Foster:
Providence County (The home county of Foster)
The following are listed by their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
Simmons Corner (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Simmons Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner Rockland ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Rockland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Foster (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Foster is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Chopmist (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Chopmist is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist Clayville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Clayville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville Scituate (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate Population from the 2020 Census: 10,727 people
Ashland ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Ashland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Richmond ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Richmond is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond North Scituate (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
North Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Burrillville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Burrillville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrillville Population from the 2020 Census: 16,810 people
Chepachet (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Chepachet is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet Glocester (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Glocester is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glocester Population from the 2020 Census: 10,352 people
Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
Annawomscutt (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Barrington (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Warren (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Warren (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Bristol (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Bristol (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Coggeshall (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Kent County
The following are listed by their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
Rice City (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Rice City is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City Coventry (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
Greene (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Greene is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Gortons Corner (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Gortons Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner Arkwright (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Arkwright is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Coventry (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Phenix (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix Spring Lake (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Spring Lake is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Kitts Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Kitts Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner Quidnick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick West Greenwich (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
West Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 6,418 people
West Warwick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
Prudence Island (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Jamestown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Lawtons (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Melville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Jamestown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Portsmouth (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
Portsmouth (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Clarks Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Clarks Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village Tiverton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Brenton Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Brenton Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenton Village Middletown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Newport East (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Newport East is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
Austin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Austin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Lewis City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Lewis City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City Arcadia (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Arcadia is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Richmond (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Richmond is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Population from the 2020 Census: 7,886 people
Exeter (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Moscow (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Moscow is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Tripps Corner (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Tripps Corner is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripps Corner Wyoming (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Wyoming is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Exeter (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Population from the 2020 Census: 6,531 people
Liberty (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Wickford Junction (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Hope Valley (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Hope Valley is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
Voluntown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Voluntown is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
Griswold (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Griswold is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
Voluntown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Glasgo (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Jewett City (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Lisbon (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Lisbon is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Population from the 2020 Census: 4,238 people
Hanover (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Versailles (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Occum (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Occum is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occum Sprague (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Sprague is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague Population from the 2020 Census: 2,851 people
Baltic (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Preston (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Tolland County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
Atwoodville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Atwoodville is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville Mount Hope (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Mount Hope is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Conantville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Conantville is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville Mansfield Center (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Union (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Union is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
Union (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Gurleyville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Gurleyville is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville Mansfield City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Mansfield City is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City Mansfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
East Willington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
East Willington is located in Tolland County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Willington Storrs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Willington (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
East Killingly (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
South Killingly (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Killingly (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingly Population from the 2020 Census: 17,305 people
Danielson (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Ballouville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Almyville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Almyville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville Oneco (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Sterling (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Sterling is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
Sterling (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Dayville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
East Brooklyn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
East Brooklyn is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brooklyn Moosup (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
Seekonk (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
Harris (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris North Seekonk (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Attleborough City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City Dodgeville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Dodgeville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville South Rehoboth (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth Attleboro Falls (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls North Attleboro (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Briggs Corner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Briggs Corner is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner Rehoboth (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth Population from the 2020 Census: 12,503 people
Attleboro (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
Hortonville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Hortonville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Hampden County (MA)
Holland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Holland is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
Middlesex County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
Hayden Row (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Hayden Row is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Row Metcalf (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Metcalf is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf Norfolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
Bellingham (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Bellingham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham Population from the 2020 Census: 17,336 people
Burnt Swamp Corner (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Sheldonville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville Plainville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Plainville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
Franklin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Franklin is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
Acorn Terrace (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Acorn Terrace is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Terrace Wrentham (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Wrentham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrentham Population from the 2020 Census: 12,083 people
Medway (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Medway is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
Foxborough (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Foxborough is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxborough Population from the 2020 Census: 18,398 people
Norfolk (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Norfolk is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Population from the 2020 Census: 11,938 people
Pondville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Pondville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville Rockville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Rockville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
Douglas (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Population from the 2020 Census: 9,117 people
Blackstone (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone Population from the 2020 Census: 9,209 people
Millville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Millville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
East Douglas (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
East Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Douglas Webster (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Webster is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Population from the 2020 Census: 16,822 people
Webster has also been known as:
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg East Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
East Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Uxbridge (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uxbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 14,352 people
Millerville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Dudley (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Dudley is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley Population from the 2020 Census: 11,663 people
Merino Village ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Merino Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merino Village Manchaug ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Manchaug is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchaug East Blackstone (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Foster, see our County-by-County Page for Foster .
Cemeteries Near Foster ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Foster.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Foster - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Foster covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
Stone Plot (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Sandy Brook Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Phillips Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Abraham Wilcox Lot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Old Howard Plot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Devaul Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Hopkins Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Hopkins Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hopkins Mills Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Rockland Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Rockland Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Clayville . The Rockland Cemetery has also been known as:
New Rockland Cemetery Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #SC050 <2>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2216037 <3>
Fiske Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Aldrich-Wilmarth Lot (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (845 more) ...
Card - Clark Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Walker - Kelley Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Carpenter Lot (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>
While we didn't find Foster in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Foster.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Foster, with the one closest to Foster listed first.
South Foster (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
South Foster is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Foster Foster (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Foster is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Rockland ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Rockland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Chopmist (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Chopmist is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist Moosup Valley (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Moosup Valley is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosup Valley Vernon (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Vernon is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon East Killingly (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
South Killingly (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly South Scituate ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
South Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Scituate Killingly (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingly Population from the 2020 Census: 17,305 people
Greene (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Greene is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene North Scituate (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
North Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Continue List (18 more) ...
Sterling (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Oneco (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
West Glocester (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
West Glocester is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glocester
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Foster. See our List of 1890's Communities around Foster .
Newspapers Published in Foster ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Foster.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Foster, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Foster.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Foster:
Websites specific to Rhode Island Pages specific to Providence County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Kent County Newport County Washington County New London County Tolland County Windham County Bristol County Hampden County Middlesex County Norfolk County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Rhode Island Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Foster. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission (RIHCC) has created and maintains a database of cemeteries. More information about the RIHCC can be found on their website: rihistoriccemeteries.org . The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Foster) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Foster, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.