Do you know of Custer ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Custer. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Custer.

We found mention of Custer as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named Custer ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Custer.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Custer.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Lehigh County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Custer [Lehigh County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Baxter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Custer [Baxter County].
- Idaho
  - Custer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Custer [Custer County].
- Illinois
  - Marshall County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Custer [Marshall County].
- Indiana
  - DeKalb County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Custer [DeKalb County].
- Kansas
  - Smith County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Custer [Smith County].
- Kentucky
  - Breckinridge County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Custer [Breckinridge County].
- Michigan
  - Mason County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Custer [Mason County].
- Minnesota
  - Big Stone County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Custer [Big Stone County].
- Missouri
  - Dent County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Custer [Dent County].
- Montana
  - Yellowstone County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Custer [Yellowstone County].
- Nebraska
  - Custer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Custer [Custer County].
- North Dakota
  - McLean County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Custer [McLean County].
- Ohio
  - Harrison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Custer [Harrison County].
- Oklahoma
  - Beaver County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Custer [Beaver County].
  - Custer County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Custer [Custer County].
- South Dakota
  - Custer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Custer [Custer County].
- Tennessee
  - Anderson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Custer [Anderson County].
- Texas
  - Brazoria County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Custer [Brazoria County].
- Washington
  - Pierce County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Custer [Pierce County].
  - Whatcom County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Custer [Whatcom County].
- Wisconsin
  - Portage County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Custer [Portage County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Custer ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Custer:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Custer - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1908)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Montgomery County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Montgomery County.

Abrams
Academy	McLean's
Aiden Lair	Melmar
Albidale	Merion Square
Alnwick Grove	Merion Station
Ambler Highlands	Militia Hill
Aramingo	Mill Park
Arlingham Hills	Miquon Hills
Arundel Village	Mitchell Park
	Mogees
Barmouth	Montgomery Square
Barry Heights	Montgomery
Bevan	Moreland Farms
Brookwater Park	Morewood

Cabinet	Narbrook Park
Camp Hill	North Ardmore
Camphill	North Glenside
Cedar Brook - Melrose Park
Center Point	Oaklane Manor
Chapel Hill	Ogontz School
Cherrydale	Ogontz
Cinnamon Hills	Oreland Gardens
Cloverdale Park	Overbrook Hills
College Park	Overbrook
Country Club Estates	Overleigh
Crestview
Culpepper Woods	Paul Brook
Curren Terrace	Penarth
Curtis Hills	Penn Square Village
Custis Woods	Penn Village
Cynwyd Hills	Perkiomen Bridge
	Perkiomen Village
Davis Grove	Philmont Park
Deercroft	Philmont
Derwyn	Port Indian
	Prospective
Earnest	Protectory
Eden Croft	Providence Square
Elliger Park
Elm	Rambo
Erlen	Rebel Hill
	Reservoir
Fenton	Ringing Hill
Fern Village	Ringing Rock Park
Flourtown Gardens	Rowland Park
Fort Hill	Rudy
Fulmor Heights	Rumilla

General Wayne	Salford Heights
Glenhurst	Sanatoga Park
Glenside Gardens	Sandy Hill
Glenside Heights	Schuylkill Hills
Grand View Park	Shannonville
Graters Ford	Shoemakertown
Greenridge Farms	South Hatfield
Gulf Mills
	Three Tons
Halford Hills	Twickinham Village
Harpers
Hartranft	Union Square
Hatboro West	Upland Terrace
High Park	Upper Hanover
Hillegas Station	Upper Merion
Hoyt	Upper Salford
Hunter Hill
Huntingdon Meadows	Valley View Farms

Ironbridge	Washington Square Gardens
	West Ambler
June Meadows	West Telford
Just A Farm	Westover Woods
	White Marsh Junction
Kneedler	Whitehall Park
	Whitemarsh Hills
La Mott	Whitemarsh Valley Farms
Lafayette Hill	William Penn
Lawndale	Wissahickon Village
Lederachsville	Woodside
Limerick Bridge	Wyncote Hills
Lindberg Terrace	Wyndmoor Valley
Link Belt
Llandrilla	York Gardens
Locustwood
Lower Merion	Zieglersville Station
Lower Providence

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Custer could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.