Foster was a settlement in east
San Diego County, California
San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county (United States), county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of California, north to its Mexico-United States border, border with Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Cen ...
. It was located approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of
Lakeside, near the present-day location of
San Vicente Dam. It was the terminus of the
San Diego, Cuyamaca, and Eastern Railroad from 1889, when the railroad reached the town, until 1916, when parts of the railway between Lakeside and Foster were damaged by floods. The line was never rebuilt and the town declined thereafter. There were 7 buildings in Foster in 1891–93, according to the 1893 USGS survey map.
A road connecting
Lakeside to
Ramona and
Julian ran through Foster until 1942, when the section just north of Foster was submerged to create
San Vicente Reservoir and the road was rerouted further west, bypassing the settlement. The town was named after local rancher Joseph Foster.
References
Populated places established in 1893
Unincorporated communities in San Diego County, California
Former settlements in San Diego County, California
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