Foster (also known as Fosters) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in Bracken County,

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, 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