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Village · Pierce County · Population 42 (2020 census) · ZIP 68765 · Founded 1880 · Peak population 140 (1920)

About Foster

Foster is a village of 42 people (2020) in Pierce County, at 1,637 feet on NE 13 about 9 miles northwest of Pierce and 8 miles southeast of Plainview. Its post office closed in 2002, and mail comes through Osmond (68765). Trinity Lutheran Church is in the village.

History

Foster was platted on October 27, 1880, the same day as Plainview, on the railroad from Norfolk to Creighton. It was first called Moorehouse, for a station agent, and took its present name from George Foster, who with his wife Caroline deeded the land to the town in 1885. The post office ran from 1886 to 2002. The village had 140 people in 1920, its most.

Highways and trails through Foster

Route	One way	Other way
NE 13Through the village	Northwest to Plainview	Southeast to Pierce

Nearby towns

Breslau	about 6 mi north-northwest	County roads
Osmond	about 7 mi north-northeast	NE 13 and NE 121
Plainview	about 8 mi northwest	NE 13
Pierce	about 9 mi southeast	NE 13
Mclean	about 13 mi northeast	County roads
Wee Town	about 13 mi east-southeast	County roads
Hadar	about 16 mi southeast	NE 13

Things to see

the Willow Creek Bridge, a county road bridge about 6½ miles south, on the National Register

Health care

Hospitals: Faith Health, Norfolk, about 21 mi; CHI Health Plainview and Osmond General Hospital in the north of the county

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Who’s Who in Nebraska (1940, NEGenWeb); Pierce County (piercecountyne.gov); City of Pierce; City of Plainview; National Register; History Nebraska markers; Nebraska Game and Parks; Nebraska Hospital Association; Osmond Republican; Norfolk Daily News. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.