Foster is situated on land that John and Randolph Foster were granted in 1824. The Foster plantation produced sugarcane and rice before the American Civil War. When the Foster community obtained a post office in 1882, the settlement was officially established. Foster had 60 residents, a steam gristmill and cotton gin, a physician, and semiweekly mail delivery in 1884. Three gristmills and daily postal delivery were available in the town in 1892. A general store and a flour mill were erected by 1896. The community gained notoriety for producing pecans in 1914, but by 1925, just 40 people were living in the village; in 1931, there was only one business mentioned and no population estimate. In 1936, a blacktop road served Foster. Foster was still a community in 1990, despite the post office closing by the 1940s. In 2000, there were no accessible population estimates.[1]
On November 21, 1992, an F2 tornado struck Foster.[2]
The community is home to the Old Foster Community Museum.[3]
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties ±Former CDP annexed by Missouri City ^Former CDP annexed by Sugar Land #Still active as a community, but is no longer listed as a census-designated place
