Foster, Minnesota

Foster, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
Foster, Minnesota
Coordinates: 45°24′59″N 96°40′33″W / 45.41639°N 96.67583°W / 45.41639; -96.67583Coordinates: 45°24′59″N 96°40′33″W / 45.41639°N 96.67583°W / 45.41639; -96.67583
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Big Stone
Elevation	997 ft (304 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	320
GNIS feature ID	643834^[1]

Foster is an unincorporated community in Foster Township, Big Stone, Minnesota, United States.^[1]

History

Foster was platted in 1880. It was named for Foster L. Balch.^[2]

Notes

1 2 "Foster, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 54.

Municipalities and communities of Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Ortonville

Cities	Barry Beardsley Clinton Correll Graceville Johnson Odessa Ortonville‡

Townships	Akron Almond Artichoke Big Stone Browns Valley Foster Graceville Malta Moonshine Odessa Ortonville Otrey Prior Toqua

Unincorporated communities	Foster Yankeetown

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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