Foster, West Virginia

Foster, West Virginia
Foster, West Virginia
	Unincorporated community
	Foster, West Virginia Foster, West Virginia
	Coordinates: 38°05′50″N81°46′47″W / 38.09722°N 81.77972°W Coordinates: 38°05′50″N81°46′47″W / 38.09722°N 81.77972°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Boone
Elevation	879 ft (268 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	25081
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1554499 [1]

Last updated April 02, 2019

Foster is an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. Foster is located on West Virginia Route 3 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Madison. Foster has a post office with ZIP code 25081.^[2]

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,629. Its county seat is Madison. The county was formed in 1847 from parts of Kanawha, Cabell, and Logan Counties and named for Daniel Boone, noted hunter and explorer, whose home was in the Great Kanawha Valley from 1789 to 1795.

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region in the Southern United States and is also considered to be a part of the Middle Atlantic States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Boone County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Madison
City	Madison	Map of West Virginia highlighting Boone County
Towns	Danville Sylvester Whitesville
CDPs	Comfort Greenview Racine Twilight Van
Unincorporated communities	Altman Andrew Ashford Bald Knob Bandytown Barrett Bigson Bim Bloomingrose Blue Pennant Bob White Bradley Breece Brush Creek Brushton Cameo Cazy Clinton Clothier Coopertown Dartmont Dodson Junction Easly Eden Elk Run Junction Emmons‡ Foch Foster Fosterville Garrison Gordon Greenwood Havana Hewett High Coal Hopkins Fork Horse Creek Junction Janie Jeffrey Joes Creek Julian Keith Kirbyton Kohlsaat Lanta Lindytown Low Gap Manila Marnie Marthatown Maxine Milltown Morrisvale Nellis Nelson Orgas Ottawa Peytona Pondco Powell Creek Prenter Price Hill Quinland Ramage Ridgeview Rock Creek Rumble Secoal Sharlow South Madison Seth Stark Turtle Creek Uneeda Washington Heights Wharton Williams Mountain
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Foster, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Foster, West Virginia Show map of West Virginia Foster, West Virginia Show map of the US
Coordinates: 38°05′50″N81°46′47″W / 38.09722°N 81.77972°W / 38.09722; -81.77972 Coordinates: 38°05′50″N81°46′47″W / 38.09722°N 81.77972°W / 38.09722; -81.77972
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Boone
Elevation	879 ft (268 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	25081
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1554499^[1]