Custer, Idaho

Custer is a ghost town in Custer County, Idaho, United States. Established in 1877, it is at 44°23′15″N 114°41′45″W / 44.38750°N 114.69583°W / 44.38750; -114.69583 (44.3874133, -114.6959118), at an elevation of 6,470 feet (1,972 m).^[2] It lies along Yankee Fork Road southwest of the city of Challis, within the Challis National Forest.^[3]


Custer Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

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Location	Yankee Fork Rd., Custer County, southwest of Challis, Idaho
Coordinates	44°23′15″N 114°41′45″W / 44.38750°N 114.69583°W / 44.38750; -114.69583
Area	29 acres (12 ha)
Built	1877
NRHP reference No.	81000207^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 3, 1981

In 1981, the community was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. Although the district covers 29 acres (12 ha), only seven buildings retain enough historic integrity to qualify as contributing properties.^[1]

Most of Custer is now included in the Land of the Yankee Fork State Park, which also includes the nearby historic Yankee Fork gold dredge.

References edit

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Custer, Idaho
^ USGS topographical maps accessed from its GNIS feature record

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The Yankee Fork gold dredge, which operated into the 1950s, near Custer.

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