Custer, Idaho


Custer Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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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 located 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 an area of 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 historic Yankee Fork gold dredge, nearby.

References

The Yankee Fork gold dredge, which operated into the 1950s, near Custer.

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Municipalities and communities of Custer County, Idaho, United States

County seat: Challis

Cities	Challis Clayton Lost River Mackay Stanley

Unincorporated community	Ellis Goldburg

Ghost towns	Bayhorse Bonanza Custer White Knob

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