Welcome to Custer ...
Custer is located in Portage County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Custer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.
Custer is 1,160 feet [354 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Custer lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Custer: 715 & 534<3>
The ZIP code for Custer: 54423<4>
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), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Washington (2).
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.
- Stevens Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plover is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
- Whiting
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Whiting is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
- Iola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Amherst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Biron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Biron is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Park Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Park Ridge is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
- Rosholt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Junction City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Junction City is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Almond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
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.
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.<5>
From that list, the Custer post office opened in 1876.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Custer.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Portage, 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Custer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. 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> | 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/ |