Custer County, South Dakota

administration
Custer County Courthouse in Custer
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Custer
Foundation :	1875
Demographics
Residents :	8216 (2010)
Population density :	2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	4038 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.custercountysd.com

Custer County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States . The county has 8,216 people. The county seat is Custer .

geography

The district has an area of 4038 square kilometers; 4 square kilometers (0.09 percent) of it is water. It is divided into two disorganized territories: East of Custer State Park and West of Custer State Park Custer.

history

Custer

The county was formed on January 11, 1875 and the administrative organization was completed on April 26, 1877. The county was named after General George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876).

The Beaver Creek Bridge is one of 46 entries for the county in the NRHP.

46 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 30, 2018).

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	2728	-
1910	4458	63.4%
1920	3907	-12.4%
1930	5353	37%
1940	6023	12.5%
1950	5517	-8.4%
1960	4906	-11.1%
1970	4698	-4.2%
1980	6000	27.7%
1990	6179	3%
2000	7275	17.7%
2010	8216	12.9%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

Cities ( cities )

Custer

Communities ( towns )

Protected areas

Black Hills National Forest (partial)
Buffalo Gap National Grassland (partial)
Custer State Park
Jewel Cave National Monument
Wind Cave National Park

Web links

Commons : Custer County (South Dakota) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Custer County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 77 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 30, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

43.68 -103.46Coordinates: 43 ° 41 ′ N , 103 ° 28 ′ W

[1] Custer County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011

[2] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 77 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 30, 2018.

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[5] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011