Foster
Foster is an unincorporated community partly within the city of Sweet Home in Linn County, Oregon. It is located on the western end of the Foster Reservoir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Oregon
- Also known as: “Foster, OR” and “Foster, Oregon”
- Postal code: 97345
Places of Interest
Highlights include Foster Dam and Foster Lake.
Foster Dam
Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Foster Dam is an embankment type rock-fill dam across the South Santiam River near Sweet Home, Oregon, United States. Designed by the Corps of Engineers, it began service on August 22, 1968.
Foster Lake
Reservoir
Foster Reservoir is a reservoir created by Foster Dam on the South Santiam River in the city of Foster, Oregon, United States. The reservoir is approximately 5.6 km long and covers approximately 494 ha when full. Foster Lake is situated 2 miles east of Foster.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sweet Home.
Sweet Home
Photo: Sword Fern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sweet Home is a city in Linn County, Oregon, United States, with a population of 9,828 at the 2020 census. Sweet Home is referred to as the 'Gateway to the Santiam Playground' due to its proximity to nearby lakes, rivers and the Cascade Mountains.
Foster
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Linn, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.4104° or 44° 24′ 38″ northLongitude
-122.67231° or 122° 40′ 20″ westElevation
581 feet (177 metres)Open location code
84PVC86H+53OpenStreetMap ID
node 150960130OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to South Azerbaijani—“Foster” goes by many names.
- French: “Foster”
- Haitian: “Foster, Oregon”
- Haitian: “Foster”
- Hungarian: “Foster”
- Irish: “Foster”
- Persian: “فاستر، اورگن”
- Persian: “فاستر”
- South Azerbaijani: “فاستر، اورقن”
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