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Welcome to Custer ...

Custer is located in Whatcom County<1>.

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

Custer is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Custer lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Custer: 360 & 564<3>

The ZIP code for Custer: 98240<4>

Communities Also Named Custer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Washington communities named Custer: This one is located in Whatcom County and the other is located in Pierce County.

Beyond Washington, 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), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Custer.

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. 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 for Custer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

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

We also found Custer in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Custer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Whatcom, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Custer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Custer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Custer area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Custer 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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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