Foster Bar, California

Coordinates: 39°26′10″N 121°07′48″W / 39.43611°N 121.13000°W / 39.43611; -121.13000

Foster Bar
Former settlement
Foster Bar Location in California
Coordinates: 39°26′10″N 121°07′48″W / 39.43611°N 121.13000°W / 39.43611; -121.13000
Country	United States
State	California
County	Yuba County
Elevation^[1]	1,909 ft (582 m)

Foster Bar (also, Foster's Bar) is a former settlement in Yuba County, California. It was located on the North Yuba River 5.5 miles (8.9 km) southeast of Challenge,^[2] at an elevation of 1909 feet (582 m). It was inundated by the Bullards Bar Reservoir.

The place was named after William M. Foster, miner and merchant, who opened a store here in 1849.^[2] A post office operated at Foster Bar from 1852 to 1866.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Foster Bar, California
1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 487. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Foster Bar, California

Municipalities and communities of Yuba County, California, United States

County seat: Marysville

Cities	Marysville Wheatland

CDPs	Beale AFB Camptonville Challenge-Brownsville Dobbins Linda Loma Rica Olivehurst Plumas Lake Rackerby‡ Smartsville

Unincorporated communities	Alicia Arboga Binney Junction Browns Valley Brownsville Challenge Dantoni Eagleville East Arboga Frenchtown Greenville Hammonton Horstville Iowa City Mello North Star Oak Valley Olive Hill Oregon House Ostrom Pearson Ramirez Rancho Loma Rica Sharon Valley Sicard Flat South Yuba Stanfield Hill Strawberry Valley Sucker Flat Tambo Timbuctoo Waldo Junction Weeds Point West Linda Woodleaf

Ghost towns	Abbott House Algodon Bartons House Bliss Bullards Bar California House Camp Pendola Cape Horn Bar Condemned Bar Coombs Cordua Bar Depot Hill Egan Empire House English Bar Erle Foster Bar Frenches Ravine Galena Hill Galena House Garden Valley Golden Ball Honkut Huntington Hutchins Kentucky Ranch Landers Bar Lasslys Lewis Malay Camp Marigold Martins House Mission Mount Hope House New York Flat New York House New York House Flat New York Ranch Newbert Oak Grove Oakland Oliver Oso Plumas Plumas Landing Prairie Diggings Prairie House Prairie House Rail Road Hill Reed Junction Round Tent Seneca House Sweet Vengeance Taisida Youngs Hill Yuba Yuba County House

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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