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County Seat: Custer City (established 1875) Oldest City in the Black Hills
Elevation: 5,318 Feet
Climate: High Low
Average Temp: 57.8 F 28.9 F
Average summer temperature: 63.1 degrees
Average winter temperature: 29.0 degrees
Average Coldest Month: 36.2 F 9.9 F (January)
Average Warmest Month: 81.6 F 50.6 F (July)
Average Precipitation: 20.27"
Average Growing Season: May - September
Custer County opened its Beacon
website for access by the public. This website was developed to
create parcel maps and describe information about a parcel of land.
Information includes ownerships, legal descriptions, roads,
addresses, etc.
http://beacon.schneidercorp.com
Population
Year Community County State
1980 1,830 6,000 690,768
1990 1,741 6,179 696,004
2000 1,860 7,275 754,844
2006 1,872 8,676 760,592
Labor Force
Custer County
Labor Force: 4,110
Employed: 3,910
Unemployed: 200
Rate: 4.8%
Wages for select occupations
Assemblers & Fabricators, Hand: $10.74
Bookkeeping & Accounting: $11.37
Insurance Claims: $19.95
Shipping & Receiving: $11.50
Computer Support Specialists: $15.58
Laborers: $9.03
Painters: $11.38
Packaging & Filling: $11.24
Machinists: $13.81
Welders & Cutters: $13.51
Major Employers
Black Hills National Forest:
(US Forest Service) 350
Custer School District:
(Education) 165
South Dakota Star Academy:
(Center for Adjudicated Youth) 136
Custer County:
(Government Service) 90
Crazy Horse Memorial: (Attraction) 84
Custer Regional Hospital:
(Health Care,
Clinic) 80
Custer Regional Senior Care:
(Elderly Care) 80
Lynn's Dakotamart: (Grocery) 33
Custer State Park: (Park) 31
South Dakota Department of Labor - www.sdjobs.org
Custer County Chronicle - www.custercountynews.com
Career Learning Center -
www.careerlearningcenter-blackhills.org
Tax Structure
City Mill Levy Tax: Owner occupied
20.395 per 1,000
% of Full Value Assessed: 85%
Effective Tax Rate: 2.6%
Education
Custer School District - (605) 673-4473
Pupil: Teacher Ratio 12:1
www.csd.k12.sd.us
Custer County Library - (605) 673-4803
www.custerlibrary.com
Elementary: 1 school, enrollment 305
Middle School: 1 school, enrollment 163
Sr. High School: 1 school, enrollment 279
Hermosa: 1 school, enrollment 143
Local or nearest Technical Institute
Name: Western Dakota Technical Institute (605) 394-4034
Location: Rapid City, SD
Enrollment: 821
Local or nearest Colleges/Universities
Name: South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (605) 394-2511
Location: Rapid City, SD
Enrollment: 2,218
Name: National American University (605) 394-4827
Location: Rapid City, SD
Enrollment: 952
Name: Black Hills State University (605) 923-5893
Location: Spearfish, SD
Enrollment: 2,866
Utilities
Black Hills Power & Light - (605) 673-4455
Black Hills Electric Co-op - (605) 673-4461
Telecommunications
Golden West Telecommunications (605) 745-3103
Water
Supplier: City of Custer (605) 673-4824
Source: Well
System Capacity: 0.55 mgd
Present Usage: 0.15 winter; 0.4 summer
Wastewater
Local Supplier: City of Custer (605)673-4824
Type of treatment: Lagoon-primary
System Capacity: 0.5 mgd
Present Usage: 278,000 gpd
Transportation
Major Highways: US 16A, 16, 3
85 & SD 89 & 87
Motor Carriers: 61
Distance to nearest rail service: 41 miles
Air Service:
Commercial Airport - Custer City
Commercial Airport - Rapid City
Commercial/Industrial Services
Machine Shops: 3
Distance to nearest tool and die service: Custer City
Nearest Motor Repair Shop: Custer City
Newspaper: 1 weekly - www.custercountynews.com
Motels/Hotels/Cabins/Resorts: 50
Cable TV: 19 channels
Municipal Services
Type of Local Government: Mayor & City Council
Police Force: 14
Fire Department Personnel: 33 Volunteers
Fire Insurance Rating: Class 6
City Zoning Ordinance: Yes
County Zoning Ordinance: No
Percentage of Paved Streets: 85%
Ambulance Service: 18 volunteers
Housing
Average monthly rent for 2 bedroom house: $450-$600
Average monthly rent for 2 bedroom apartment: $450
Average cost of homes (purchase
price): $110,000.00
Health Facilities
Hospitals: 1
www.sdnafvsa.com
Clinics: 1
www.regionalmedicalclinic.com
Custer Senior Center
http://www.custersencntr.org/
Culture & Recreation
Golf course
Tennis/ball court
Fishing/boating
Gold panning
Mountain biking
Parks/picnic sites
Hiking trails
Horseshoe courts
Rock climbing
Spelunking
Paddle Boating
Swimming
Balloon rides
Helicopter rides
Hunting/fishing
Volleyball courts
YMCA
Lost Sock - Video Rentals
Emergency Numbers
South Dakota Highway Patrol - (605) 673-5677
www.hp.state.sd.us/back/082303.htm
Sheriff - (605) 673-8146
www.custercountysd.com/Sheriff
Emergency Management (605) 673-8128
www.custercountysd.com/Sheriff
Road Report - 511
www.sddot.com
Poison Control Center - (800) 222-1222
www.aapcc.org/states/sd.htm
Family Violence Hotline - (800) 430-SAFE
www.sdnafvsa.com
South Dakota Relay Service - (800) 877-1113
www.relaysouthdakota.com
History of Custer city
In 1874, Custer followed by a thousand regulars of the 7th Cavalry entered the Black Hills. The General wrote busily on a flowery report - "this valley presents a most wonderful and beautiful aspect, the like of which has never been seen." Just then a prospector entered the tent and spilled yellow dust under the commander's eyes. GOLD! Custer wrote more busily than ever. A few weeks later the paper blazed with headlines about the new El Dorado. Custer ordered the camp struck, pleased with the success of his adventure. He did not dream that pinch of of yellow sand had started a train of events which would leave him dead by the Little Big Horn River in Montana.
In 1875 Custer supported a population of approximately 10 thousand people. The people decided to incorporated to give the town a name. They had a vote to decide the name and two names that were chosen were Stonewall (a famous Confederate General) or Custer for the famous Union general. Because more Union vets inhabited to Custer than Confederate the name Custer was chosen.
Lieutenant colonel
George A. Custer
1839-1876
Custer died June 25th, 1876 at the Battle of the Little Bighorn near Hardin Montana.
Custer is buried at West Point Military Academy in New York
Community Services
Custer School
District - Home of the Wildcats 
www.csd.k12.sd.us
Administration: 605-673-3154
Custer High School: 605-673-4473
Custer Middle School: 605-673-4540
Custer Elementary School: 605-673-4483
Custer Preschool: 605-673-3515
4 public elementary schools, 1 public middle school, 1 public senior high school, and 1 alternative classroom
average classroom size; elementary 20-24, secondary 22-24
Community Education of the Black Hills
Adult Education Class Program
www.clccommed.org
Office 605-394-5120 * Fax 605-394-6083
Community Education of the Black Hills is an Adult Education Program promoting lifelong learning, featuring classes in language, arts, computers, finances, cooking, history and more.
Custer City Hall
622 Crook Street, Custer SD 57730 605-673-4824
www.custer.govoffice.com
Custer County Government
420 Mt. Rushmore Road, Custer SD 57730 605-673-8100 877-624-4090
www.custercountysd.com
Custer YMCA
644 Crook St, Custer, SD 57730 605-673-5134
ymca@gwtc.net
Custer YMCA Child Development Center
1213 Blue Bell Lane, Custer SD 57730
605-673-2222
ymcachildcare@gwtc.net
Serving our community's child care
needs for children ages 6 months thru the
8th grade.
Government Offices
South
Dakota Department of Labor
447 Crook St, Custer, SD 57730
605-673-4488
2500 Minnekahta Ave, Hot Springs, SD 57747
605-745-5101
bruce.holmes@state.sd.us
USDA Forest Service - Black Hills National
Forest
1019 N 5th St, Custer, SD 57730
605-673-9200 Fax
605-673-9350
www.fs.fed.us/r2./blackhills/
r2_blackhills_webinfo@fs.fed.us
National Forest
Custer City Community Churches
Baha'is of
Custer
605-673-2380
Devotions,
19-day feasts and Holy Day celebrations,
children's classes and adult classes.
Everyone welcome.
Berean Bible Church, 6th & Harney, Custer, SD 57730 605-673-4074
Worship 9:15 am, Evening Worship 6:30 pm
Bible Believers Baptist Church, Aviation Way (3rd bldg on right), Custer SD 57730 605-673-2498
Sunday Services 10:45 am & 6:00 pm
Crossroads Church
PO Box 549, Custer SD 57730
605-673-3961
ndhughes@hughes.net
Pastor Neal Hughes. Please join us for
worship on Sunday mornings at 9:00 am at the
Custer Annex Pine Room (beside the library)
447 Crook St, Custer. Sundays evenings - In
Home Fellowships.
Custer Community Church/United Church of Christ, 6th & Harney, Custer SD 57730 605-673-4350
Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Custer Lutheran Fellowship ELCA, 3 miles east on Hwy 16A, Custer SD 57730 605-673-4691
Sunday Worship 8:30 am & 11:00 am
Custer Wesleyan Church, 10th & Harney, Custer SD 57730 605-673-5168 or Fax 605-673-6003
The Custer Wesleyan Church is a part of the Wesleyan denomination worldwide, an evangelical holiness church. We
meet every Sunday morning at 10 am for worship.
cuswes@gwtc.net
First Baptist Church, 9th & Gordon, Custer SD 57730 605-673-2431
Sunday Morning Service 9:00 am, 10:30 am - Evening Service 6:00 pm
Liberty Baptist Church-conservative, 25129 Harbach Lane, Custer SD 57730 605-673-2863
Sunday Worship 10:00 am
Our Redeemer Lutheran LCMS, 8th & Harney, Custer SD 57730 605-673-4361
Worship Service 9:00 am
United Methodist Church, Pringle, SD 57773 605-672-7716
Sunday Worship Service 9:00 am
Seventh Day Adventist, 641 Montgomery, Custer SD 57730 605-673-5669 605-673-3940 (message)
Southern Hills Church of Christ, Hwy 385 at Church Street, Custer SD 57730 605-673-3715
St. John's Catholic Church, 449 Harney, Custer SD 57730 605-673-4426
Mass schedule: Sundays 8:00 am - Saturday 5:30 pm
Vineyard Black Hills
25574 Veterans Trail, Custer SD 57730
605-673-4090
arpstock@ameritech.net
My wife Rose and I desire to serve Custer
and the area of hospitality, music,
ministry, healing, spiritual brokenness,
community unity and provide a place of
worship and spiritual growth in Jesus
Christ.
Custer City Clubs and Organizations
Civil Air Patrol, Custer, SD 57730
605-673-2025
vmarking@goldenwest.net
We administer a
co-ed youth program that focuses on
leadership development and an ethic of
community service.
Custer All -Drug, Inc, 38 Mt Rushmore Rd or
PO Box 726, Custer, SD 57730
605-673-3799
Fax 605-673-3615
Non- Profit Drug & Alcohol Awareness
Custer Area Arts Council, PO Box 310, 549 Mt
Rushmore Rd, Custer SD 57730
605-673-5955
pattyressler@custerstampede.com
Meets first Monday of the month, 5:30 pm
at Telco Federal Credit Union
Custer Community Coalition on Aging, 161 Boot Hill Dr, Custer SD 57730
Custer County Housing
& Redevelopment, 622 Crook St, Ste #1, Custer SD 57730 605-673-5548
Fax 605-673-3992
custerhousing@goldenwest.net
Providing
Custer County with affordable housing
options.
Custer
County Search and Rescue, Custer SD 57730
605-673-1571
sbaldwin@gwtc.net
Meets second
Monday of the month at
6:30 pm at the Search and Rescue Garage
south on Hwy 385 next to the County Hwy garage.
Anyone interested in becoming involved
please call or email.
Custer Lions Club, 12123 Silver Star Dr, Custer SD 57730 605-673-4972
Meets second and fourth Thursday of the month at noon at the Custer Senior Center.
Custer Senior Citizen's Center, 538 Mt. Rushmore Rd, Custer SD 57730 605-673-2708
www.custersencntr.org
cussndr@gwtc.net
Provides activities to fulfill physical, nutritional and social needs of people 50 and older. Health screenings, bus trips, entertainment, classes, meals, etc. New members and visitors welcome.
Girl Scouts of the Black Hills Council, PO Box 1846, Rapid City SD 57709
605-343-6355
www.girlscouts-blackhills.org
mammann@girlscouts-blackhills.org
Girl Scouts is an all-girl organization for girls ages 5-17 (grades K-12). It began in the United States in 1912, founded by Juliette Gordon Low. She believed girls could do anything. Today, there are four goals: become, belong, believe, build.
Top Pin Archer's Club, 25086 Shamrock Rd, Custer SD 57730 605-673-5880
therustygoldfish@hotmail.com
Non-profit organization. Come shoot
with the Top Pin Archer's Club. We hold
year-round indoor and outdoor paper, techno
hunt and 3D archery shoots.
VFW Post 3442, 721 Mt. Rushmore Rd, Custer SD 57730 605-673-4262
www.vfwpost3442.org
Restaurant and lounge. VFW and VFW Auxiliary meet third Thursday at 7 pm.
YMCA of Custer, 644 Crook St, Custer SD 57730 605-673-5134
ymca@gwtc.net
Putting Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
Zonta Club of the Southern Black Hills, PO Box 28, Custer SD 57730
Business women's organization. Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at noon at the Senior Center.
Custer Area Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 5018
Custer, SD 57730
605-673-2244 or 800-992-9818
email us:
info@custersd.com
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