Custer

Custer is a hamlet in Pierce, Washington and has about 318 residents. Custer is situated nearby to the neighborhood Wisdom Oaks, as well as near Cottage Woods Condominiums.

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″ north

Longitude

-122.52763° or 122° 31′ 40″ west

Population

318

Elevation

253 feet (77 metres)

Open location code

84VV5FGC+HW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 150944481

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5791656

Wikidata 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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