Foster, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

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Foster is also the name of a town in Clark County.

Foster is an unincorporated community in the Town of Clear Creek, in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, approximately 9 miles south-southwest of Fall Creek, Wisconsin, 7 miles southeast of Cleghorn, and 6 miles northwest of Osseo. Located primarily along Eau Claire County Highway "HH", it is flanked on the west by U.S. Highway 53 and on the east by Interstate 94, being the site of I-94's exit #81 in Wisconsin, placing it 11 miles southeast along the freeway from southeastern Eau Claire and 7 miles northwest of Osseo.

The community was originally called Emmett by settlers in the 1850s, but the name was changed to Foster in honor of George E. Foster who financed a railroad, the Foster Railroad to the community from Fairchild in 1912.[1]