Custer
Custer is a hamlet in Pierce, Washington and has about 318 residents. Custer is situated nearby to the neighborhood Lochburn Apatments, as well as near Lakewood Plaza Apartments.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Western State Hospital and Pierce College.
Western State Hospital
Hospital
Western State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located at 9601 Steilacoom Boulevard SW in Lakewood, Washington. Administered by the Washington Department of Social and Health Services, it is a large facility with 806 beds, and Washington's second-oldest state-owned enterprise. Western State Hospital is situated 1½ miles west of Custer.
Pierce College
College
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Pierce College is a public community college system in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It comprises two primary colleges, Pierce College Fort Steilacoom in Lakewood and Pierce College Puyallup in Puyallup, and two additional learning centers. Pierce College is situated 2 miles west of Custer.
Lakewood station
Railway station
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Lakewood station is a commuter rail station in Lakewood, Washington, United States. It is the terminus of the S Line of the Sounder commuter rail network, operated by Sound Transit in the Seattle metropolitan area. Lakewood station is situated 2 miles southeast of Custer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lakewood and Steilacoom.
Lakewood
Town
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Lakewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 63,612 at the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city in the county, behind Tacoma, and is a suburban bedroom community.
Steilacoom
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Steilacoom, a small town of 6,400 people on the southern Puget Sound, is the oldest incorporated town in Washington state. It has 4 buildings and sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the oldest Catholic church in the state and the first Protestant church north of the Columbia River.
University Place
Town
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University Place is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Its population was 34,866 at the 2020 census. University Place received its name in the 1800s when the University of Puget Sound, a private liberal-arts college in North Tacoma, purchased land along the primary north–south route of Grandview Drive. University Place is situated 3½ miles north of Custer.
Custer
- Type: Hamlet with 318 residents
- Description: human settlement in Pierce County, Washington, United States of America
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.17649° or 47° 10′ 35″ northLongitude
-122.52763° or 122° 31′ 40″ westPopulation
318Elevation
253 feet (77 metres)Open location code
84VV5FGC+HWOpenStreetMap ID
node 150944481OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5791656Wikidata ID
Q49348077
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Custer” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Custer”
- Dutch: “Custer”
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Localities in the Area
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