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History · Foster Township

12% of Foster Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1945 on.

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Foster Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Foster Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Foster Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Foster Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Foster's
1841–1864
Lester
1864–1904
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lester
Gone or out of use
Chance SchoolschoolDoolen SchoolschoolGreen Ridge SchoolschoolJones SchoolschoolNorth Fork SchoolschoolSandy Branch SchoolschoolZion Churchchurch
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Foster Township
CaldwellConantDoolenDoolenJonesMartinSandy Branch

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Foster Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Foster Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

As of the 2010 census, its population was 379 and it contained 193 housing units. Foster Township is mainly a farming community with corn, wheat and soy beans being the major crop. It no longer has towns or villages within its boundaries.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 379 in 2010, 380 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Foster Township, 1841 to 1945

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1841Post officeThe Foster's post office opens
  3. 1864Post officeThe Foster's post office closes
  4. 1864Post officeThe Lester post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904Post officeThe Lester post office closes
  7. 1945On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Foster Township on the map, 1945 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Foster Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Foster Township on the 1945 USGS mapFoster Township on the 1985 USGS map1945Kinmundy sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Foster Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Foster Township

Nobody well known was born in Foster Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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William Jennings BryanAmerican politician · b. 1860
Bill LaswellAmerican musician · b. 1955
Barbara JohnsonAmerican engineer · b. 1925
Charles W. BryanAmerican politician · b. 1867
Rockette MortonAmerican bass guitarist · b. 1949
Charles Wesley VursellAmerican politician · b. 1881
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Kinmundy Township2 historic placesBWilberton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTonti TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPatoka TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.