Foster Center Rhode Island Map

About Foster Center, Rhode Island

Foster Center is a locality in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. It is a small community with a population of 333. The population density is 59.3 people per km². Foster Center is located at 41.7900°N, 71.7316°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 02825.

Foster Center persists as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, defined by the steady, unpretentious weight of the Rhode Island interior. It lies 14.5 miles west of Cranston, RI (from Cranston, RI: bearing 272°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east of Danielson. The landscape here is characterized by a dense, deliberate stillness, where the low-hanging sun at dusk casts long, amber shadows across the open expanse of Town House Field. A mile to the north, the waters of Spear Pond hold the gray light of a cooling sky, while the persistent, rhythmic flow of Hemlock Brook carves a path through the quiet woodlands. Far to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Barrett Ridge breaks the horizon, anchoring a terrain that feels ancient and undisturbed, far removed from the clamor of the more populated eastern reaches of the state.

Foster Center maintains a character forged by the slow, agrarian persistence of early settlers who found value in the rugged, inland soil. The local economy has evolved from its foundational roots in small-scale cultivation to a quiet preservation of its rural identity, where the legacy of the past is measured in the sturdy, weathered architecture that lines the roads. Residents often look toward the expansive greenery of the George Washington Memorial State Forest for solace, finding in its deep timber a sense of continuity that defies the frantic pace of modernity. Even the deepest recesses of Scott Hollow, six miles away, seem to echo with the same measured, deliberate rhythm that dictates the morning routines of those who live here, favoring a life defined by the subtle shifts of the seasons rather than the fleeting trends of the outside world.

About This Foster Center Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Foster Center, Rhode Island. Coordinates: 41.789961, -71.731589. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Foster Center includes the ZIP code (02825), telephone area code (401), county seat of Providence County (Providence), and school district assignment (Foster Elementary School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.