Foster Bar is a former settlement in Yuba County

Yuba County, California

Yuba County is a county located in the U.S. state of California's Central Valley, north of Sacramento, along the Feather River. As of the 2010 census, its population was 72,155. The county seat is Marysville. Yuba County is part of the Greater Sacramento area.-History:Yuba County was one of the...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. It was located on the North Yuba River

North Yuba River

The North Yuba River is the main tributary of the Yuba River in northern California in the United States. The river is about long and drains from the Sierra Nevada westwards towards the foothills between the mountains and the Sacramento Valley.It rises on the Sierra Crest about northwest of...

 5.5 miles (8.9 km) southeast of Challenge

Challenge, California

Challenge is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California. It is located on Dry Creek northeast of Marysville, at an elevation of 2595 feet .A post office opened at Challenge in 1895....

, 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. A post office operated at Foster Bar from 1852 to 1866.