Foster (also known as Fosters) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located in

Bracken County Bracken County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,488. Its county seat is Brooksville. The county was formed in 1796. Bracken County is included in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-I ...

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

, United States. Its population was 44 as of the 2010 census, which recorded it as a city; although Foster was once incorporated, it had become unincorporated by 2008.

History

Foster has the name of pioneer citizen Israel Foster. Variant names have been "Fosters Landing" and "Fosters". A post office called Foster's Landing was established in 1847, and the name was changed to Foster in 1850.

References

Unincorporated communities in Bracken County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Former municipalities in Kentucky Populated places disestablished in 2008 {{BrackenCountyKY-geo-stub