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Place Description
Foster

community in SE Person County served by post office, 1892-1910.

Foster Cove

N Graham County between Carringer Gap and Bee Creek.

Foster Creek

rises in NE Madison County and flows SW into Big Laurel Creek.

Foster Creek Township

former township in N central Madison County, now township no. 16.

Foster Knob

S Macon County between Ash Flat Branch and Rockyface Mountain.

Foster Mill Creek

rises in NW Henderson County and flows SE into Mills River.

Foster Mountain

central Polk County N of Columbus. Also called Chocolate Drop Mountain. Alt. 1,500.

Foster Ridge

S Macon County parallel to Ash Flat Branch.

Foster's Mill Creek

See Sweeten Creek.

Foundry Branch

rises in central Granville County and flows SE into Fishing Creek. Named for Hobgood's Foundry, which operated in Oxford during the Civil War.