# Foster, Indiana

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**Foster** is a small [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Mound Township](/source/Mound_Township,_Warren_County,_Indiana), [Warren County](/source/Warren_County,_Indiana), in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Indiana](/source/Indiana).[1] As of the [2020 census](/source/2020_United_States_census), Foster had a population of 104.[2]

## History

Foster was [platted](/source/Plat) on April 25, 1893, on land donated by William R. Foster, an early settler.[3] At one time the town had a post office, blacksmith shop, railroad depot, two stores, a stockyard, a threshing machine, a grain elevator and a sawmill.[4] Currently it consists of a few private residences, a couple of small shops and a motel.

A post office was established at Foster in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.[5]

## Geography

Foster is located just north of [U.S. Route 136](/source/U.S._Route_136) about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of [Covington](/source/Covington,_Indiana) and about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the Indiana-[Illinois](/source/Illinois) border. The [Vermilion Valley Railroad](/source/Vermilion_Valley_Railroad) (originally the [New York Central Railroad](/source/New_York_Central_Railroad)) passes through Fowler, and the north fork of Spring Creek flows along its western edge.[6]

## Education

It is in the [Covington Community School Corporation](/source/Covington_Community_School_Corporation).[7]

## References

1. ["2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)"](https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A25054&in=state%3A18). *United States Census Bureau*. 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2026.

1. Baker, Ronald L. & Carmony, Marvin (1975). *Indiana Place Names*. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 54.

1. *A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition)*. Warren County Historical Society. 2002. p. 71.

1. ["Warren County"](https://web.archive.org/web/20050409034710/http://postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Warren). Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from [the original](http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Warren) on April 9, 2005. Retrieved July 10, 2016.

1. "USGS detail on Foster". Retrieved 2007-09-28.

1. Geography Division (December 18, 2020). [*2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Warren County, IN*](https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18171_warren/DC20SD_C18171.pdf). [U.S. Census Bureau](/source/U.S._Census_Bureau). Retrieved 2025-06-06. - [Text list](https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18171_warren/DC20SD_C18171_SD2MS.txt)

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