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Custer is the seat of Custer County in the southwestern part of South Dakota. It covers just 1.8 sq mi (4.7 sq km) and has a population of just 2,000 people (2011 estimate). This small city is 5,315 ft (1,620 m) above sea level.

Guide to Custer Hotels

Here's a list of hotels in Custer that you can book online, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites. This helps you to make your room booking with the site that offers the best price.

1881 Courthouse Museum, Custer, South Dakota
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More on Custer

It was founded in 1875 following the Black Hills Expedition led by Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer the year before. This makes it the oldest European settlement in the Black Hills region. News of gold discovery in the area brought an influx of prospectors, but when rumors of a much larger deposit in Deadwood spread among the miners, they packed up to head there, nearly turning Custer into a ghost town. It somehow survived, and went on to become an established city, albeit with just two thousand residents today.

To commemorate the gold rush days, Custer observes an annual Gold Discovery Days celebration, which falls on the full weekend of July.

Visiting Custer

The nearest major town from Custer is Rapid City. From Rapid City, you can reach Custer by taking US Route 16.

Places of Interest in Custer

Jewel Cave National Monument
National monument protecting site of the second longest cave in the world.
National Museum of Woodcarving
Museum displaying the works of nationally recognized woodcarvers, including an original animator of Disneyland.
Wind Cave National Park
National park preserving one of the longest and most complex cave system in the world.

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