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Welcome to Custer Park ...

Custer Park is located in Will County<1>.

The pronunciation of Custer Park: KUHS-ter<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Custer Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Custer Park is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Custer Park lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The ZIP code for Custer Park: 60481<4>

Communities near Custer Park ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Custer Park.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Custer Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Custer Park.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Custer Park. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Custer Park.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Custer Park. See our Newspapers Page for Custer Park.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Custer Park ...

Looking for more information about Custer Park? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Custer Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Custer Park.

Adding Custer Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Custer Park in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Custer Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Custer Park post office opened in 1885.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Custer Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Will, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Custer Park. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Custer Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Custer Park). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Custer Park or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/