Fostoria Texas Map

About Fostoria, Texas

Fostoria is a locality in Montgomery County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Fostoria is located at 30.3263°N, 95.1663°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77335.

Fostoria emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed horizon of the East Texas timberlands as a place defined by the heavy, humid stillness of the forest canopy. It lies 12.1 miles north-northeast of New Caney, TX (from New Caney, TX: bearing 13°T), and is situated 4.9 miles west-southwest of Cleveland. The landscape surrounding Fostoria is characterized by deep, sandy soils and the slow, rhythmic encroachment of the Sam Houston National Forest, which presses against the edges of the settlement like a living wall of loblolly and shortleaf. A mile away, the dark, tannin-stained waters of Bee Branch carve a path through the undergrowth, its movement barely audible beneath the persistent hum of cicadas that vibrates through the humid air. Further out, the land dips into the irregular depressions of Red Gully, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Casey Ridge suggests a rising tension in the topography that never quite breaks the flatness of the immediate plains. Fostoria carries the quiet, residual weight of the early twentieth-century timber boom, when the extraction of raw pine fueled the rapid assembly of mills and workers' quarters. The local economy, once tethered entirely to the rhythm of the sawmills and the shipping of lumber by rail, has long since softened into a more tempered existence, leaving behind scattered remnants of industrial infrastructure that have since been reclaimed by the aggressive local flora. Daily life here moves with a deliberate, unhurried pace, dictated by the shifting light that filters through the heavy pine boughs and the seasonal moisture that keeps the earth perpetually damp. Residents navigate the periphery of the Sam Houston National Forest with an intuitive understanding of the woods, far removed from the frantic pace of the urban centers to the south, finding a modest, enduring stability in the shade of the trees that once built the very foundations of the place.

About This Fostoria Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fostoria, Texas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 30.326321, -95.166323. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Fostoria and Montgomery County.

Detailed location data for Fostoria includes the ZIP code (77328), telephone area code (713, 832), county seat of Montgomery County (Conroe), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Fostoria is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.