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Foster County
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county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- January 4, 1873 (created), October 11, 1883 (organized)
- Seat
- Carrington
- Largest city
- Carrington
- Total
- 646.862 sq mi (1,675.36 km )
- Land
- 634.080 sq mi (1,642.26 km )
- Water
- 12.782 sq mi (33.11 km ) 1.98%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,212
- Density
- 5.239/sq mi (2.023/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- fostercounty.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Foster County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,397, and was estimated to be 3,212 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Carrington.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Foster County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.