Custer, Idaho
Custer Historic District | |
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Location | Yankee Fork Rd., Custer County, southwest of Challis, Idaho |
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Coordinates | 44°23′15″N 114°41′45″W / 44.38750°N 114.69583°W |
Area | 29 acres (12 ha) |
Built | 1877 |
NRHP reference No. | 81000207[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 3, 1981 |
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 (44.3874133, -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]
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
External links
[edit] Media related to Custer, Idaho at Wikimedia Commons
Custer Ghost Town travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Community profile
- Land of the Yankee Fork State Park
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- Populated places established in 1877
- Geography of Custer County, Idaho
- Ghost towns in Idaho
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
- Protected areas of Custer County, Idaho
- National Register of Historic Places in Custer County, Idaho
- Populated places on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
- 1877 establishments in Idaho Territory
- Idaho Registered Historic Place stubs
- Custer County, Idaho geography stubs
- United States ghost town stubs