Foster (Rhode Island)

Foster is a city of the state of Rhode Island (the United States) in the Comté of Providence. Its population was of 4274 inhabitants to the census of 2000 for a surface of 134,3 km ².

The site of Foster was used as of the 17th century by the European colonists (1636). Foster is integrated like a dependence of Scituate (Rhode Island) in 1730 before acquiring its autonomy in 1781.

Residents célèbes

Theodore Foster — Senator. The city bears its name.
Solomon Drowne — Doctor, author and friend of Foster. He lived in a named farm Mount Hygeia.
Nelson Aldrich — American senator. Father of Abby Rockefeller.

Villages

Foster includes/understands several villages on its territory:

Clayville
Foster Center
Moosup Valley
Mount Hygeia
North Foster
Prick Ridge
Ponagansett
South Foster
Vernon

External bond

Presentation of the city on the site of the government of Rhode Island

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