Welcome to Custer ...The city of Custer is located in Custer County<1> and is the County Seat for Custer County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Custer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Custer has a population of 1,955 people<2> (see below for details). Custer is 5,320 feet [1,622 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Custer is 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Custer lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Custer: 605 The ZIP code for Custer: 57730<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Custer had an population of 1,955 people. This is a decrease of 5.42% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 5.11% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Custer had a population of 2,067 people (or 24.98% of the total population of Custer County). This makes Custer the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Custer represents 0.25% of the total population of South Dakota (which has 814,180 people), making it the state's 49th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,067 people, the population of Custer increased 11.13% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,860 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Custer. Communities Also Named Custer ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Custer - they are located in Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas, Washington (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Custer. Websites for Custer ...Chamber of Commerce: www.custersd.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Custer, the following might be of interest: Communities near Custer ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Custer.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Custer. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Custer. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Custer. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Custer. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Custer ...Looking for more information about Custer? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Custer, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Custer. Adding Custer to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Custer 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 was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Custer. Footnotes ...
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