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History · Foster

Foster’s post office opened in 1891, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Foster was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 3 buildings. Below: maps from 1898 on.

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Quick answers

How Foster began

When was Foster founded?

1891

The Foster post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 246135 years
Founding year: the first Foster post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Foster’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 are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18984 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1986. Watch Foster change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Foster’s history is told.

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On the map

Foster on the map, 1898 to 1986

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

Foster on the 1898 USGS mapFoster on the 1902 USGS mapFoster on the 1969 USGS mapFoster on the 1986 USGS map1898Pauls Valley sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Foster, in brief

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

Foster is a town in Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States. It was incorporated in 2002 and, as of the 2020 census, had a population of 246. Foster is served by State Highway 29A, a spur of State Highway 29. A post office was first established at Foster on August 12, 1891.

Its first post office opened in 1891. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 161 to 246 (+53%).

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

Timeline

Foster, 1891 to 1904

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Foster post office opens
  3. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904BuiltOklahoma City University is built
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On the National Register

1 historic place in Foster

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City University, built 1904
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Collegiate Gothic1
Oklahoma City UniversityCollegiate Gothic · Built 1904

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

Foster’s post office has been open since 1891.

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Foster
CarverFosterLittle Flock

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

Questions about Foster’s history

What year was Foster founded?

The Foster post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Foster?

One place: the Oklahoma City University (listed 1978).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.