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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
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Dakota
- Contains
- Carrington
- Capital
- Carrington
- Population
- 3397
- Area
- 1675
- Shares border with
- Wells County
- Official website
- www.fostercounty.com
- Image
- Foster County Courthouse - Carrington ND.jpg
- Households
- 1483
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- Commons category
- Foster County, North Dakota
- topic's main category
- Category:Foster County, North Dakota
- water as percent of area
- 1.8
- native label
- Foster County
- inception
- 1873-00-00
- different from
- Foster
- per capita income
- 38329
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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.