Custer, Idaho

Custer Historic District
Empire Saloon
Location Yankee Fork Rd., Custer County, southwest of Challis, Idaho
Coordinates 44°23′15″N 114°41′45″W / 44.38750°N 114.69583°W / 44.38750; -114.69583Coordinates: 44°23′15″N 114°41′45″W / 44.38750°N 114.69583°W / 44.38750; -114.69583
Area 29 acres (12 ha)
Built 1877
NRHP reference # 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 / 44.38750; -114.69583 (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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Custer, Idaho
  3. ↑ USGS topographical maps accessed from its GNIS feature record
The Yankee Fork gold dredge, which operated into the 1950s, near Custer.


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