| Custer, Kansas | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 39°44′33″N98°39′33″W / 39.74250°N 98.65917°W Coordinates: 39°44′33″N98°39′33″W / 39.74250°N 98.65917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Smith |
| Elevation | 1,752 ft (534 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| GNIS feature ID | 482612 [1] |
Custer was a small settlement in Smith County, Kansas, United States.
Smith County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,853. Its county seat is Smith Center. The county is named in memory of Maj. J. Nelson Smith, who was part of the 2nd Colorado Cavalry, killed in action at the Battle of Westport on October 21, 1864.
Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita, with its most populated county being Johnson County. Kansas is bordered by Nebraska on the north; Missouri on the east; Oklahoma on the south; and Colorado on the west. Kansas is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison.
