Welcome to Foster ...

Foster is located in Eau Claire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Foster, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

Foster is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Foster lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Foster: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Foster ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 41 communities that are also named Foster - they are located in British Columbia, California (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana (2), Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (3), Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (3), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Foster.

Communities near Foster ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Foster.

• Eau Claire
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
• Altoona
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
• Lake Hallie
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lake Hallie is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,779 people
• Mondovi
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Mondovi is located in Buffalo County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
• Osseo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Osseo is located in Trempealeau County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,671 people
• Whitehall
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Whitehall is located in Trempealeau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
• Augusta
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
• Fall Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Fall Creek is located in Eau Claire County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,291 people
• Strum
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Strum is located in Trempealeau County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
• Eleva
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Eleva is located in Trempealeau County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people

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 Foster. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Foster.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Foster. 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 Foster.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Foster. See our Newspapers Page for Foster.

Adding Foster to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Foster in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Foster was on a map titled Road Map for Wisconsin (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Foster.