Custer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2000, the population was 11,793. Its county seat is Broken Bow.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Custer County is represented by the prefix 4 (it had the fourth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,576 square miles (6,672 km²), of wh...
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Custer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2000, the population was 11,793. Its county seat is Broken Bow.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Custer County is represented by the prefix 4 (it had the fourth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,576 square miles (6,672 km²), of which, 2,576 square miles (6,671 km²) of it is land and 0 square miles (1 km²) of it (0.01%) is water. In area, it is the second largest county in Nebraska, only Cherry County being larger.
Custer County was formed in 1877. It was named after General George Armstrong Custer, who was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
As of the census of 2000, there were 11,793 people, 4,826 households, and 3,320 families residing in the county. The population density was 5 people per square mile (2/km²). There were 5,585 housing units at an average density...
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