Foster is an
unincorporated community
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in the town of
Clear Creek in
Eau Claire County,
Wisconsin
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,
United States
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.
It lies approximately 9 miles south-southwest of
Fall Creek, 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
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from southeastern
Eau Claire and 7 miles northwest of Osseo.
History
The community was originally called Emmett, but the name was changed to Foster in honor of George E. Foster, who financed the
Fairchild and North-Eastern Railway, which ran from Foster to
Fairchild in 1912.
Two people were killed by an
F3 tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the ...
that struck Foster on August 27, 1994.
Significant and potentially significant tornadoes in northern Wisconsin since 1980
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References
External links
Significant and potentially significant tornadoes in northern Wisconsin since 1980
Unincorporated communities in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
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