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Custer County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 8,216. Its county seat is Custer. The county was created in 1875, and was organized in 1877.
Hermosa is a town in near the northern edge of Custer County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 398 at the 2010 census.
Pringle is a town in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 112 at the 2010 census.
Silver City is an unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States, outside Rapid City. It lies at the head of Pactola Lake on Rapid Creek, and is about 5 miles west of U.S. Route 385 via a paved county road. It is not tracked by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Cave Hills National Forest was established as the Cave Hills Forest Reserve in South Dakota by the General Land Office March 5, 1904 with 23,360 acres (94.5 km2). After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 it was absorbed by Sioux National Forest and the name was discontinued.
Sioux National Forest was a National Forest (NF) established by Executive Order 908 on July 1, 1908. The order called for the consolidation of the following national forests and forest units into a single entity:
Short Pine National Forest was established as the Short Pine Forest Reserve in South Dakota on July 22, 1905, with 19,040 acres (77.1 km2). It became Short Pine National Forest on March 4, 1907.
Provo is an unincorporated community in Fall River County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Ajax is an unincorporated community in Pennington County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Elm Creek is a stream in Fall River and Custer counties, South Dakota, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Cheyenne River.
Melvin is a ghost town in Custer County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Urban is a ghost town in Custer County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Blue Bell is an unincorporated community in Custer County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Folsom is an unincorporated community in Custer County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Hisega is an unincorporated community in Pennington County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Ladner is an unincorporated community in Harding County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
The 1881 Courthouse Museum is an American historical museum located in Custer, South Dakota. The museum is housed in the original Custer County Courthouse which served as a center for government in Custer County and the Dakota Territory from 1881 to 1973. In November 1972, the 3-story red-brick courthouse was designated a historic site by the U.S Department of Interior. Following completion of a new courthouse located across the street, the original building was given to the Custer County Historical Society in 1973. The 1881 Custer County Courthouse museum was opened on September 6, 1976, by the Custer Country Historical Society. The museum houses exhibits about the Lakota Native American culture, the 1874 expedition of George Custer, and the lives of Victorian-era settlers in the Black Hills and Dakota Territory.
Fuson Canyon is a valley in Custer County, South Dakota, in the United States.
Vestal Springs is an unincorporated community in Custer County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Cicero Peak is a 6,168-foot (1,880 m) mountain in the Black Hills of Custer County, South Dakota. The mountain is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-southeast of the city of Custer, southwest of Custer State Park, and northwest of Wind Cave National Park. The closest community is Sanator, which is about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Cicero Peak.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sanator, South Dakota
- ↑ "Custer County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 February 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 60.
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