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Custer

Ghost town · Anderson County, Tennessee

Demory quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
Demory quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Custer is a ghost town in Anderson County, Tennessee. It is one of 11 former communities in Anderson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 24th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Custer as a historical populated place on the Demory topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.2584° N, 84.0133° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDemory
Elevation1,417 ft
Nearest living townNorris, TN
Distance to it4.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1307627
Coordinates36.25841, -84.01325

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What's there now

Custer is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Norris, TN (population 1,472), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,417 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Custer?

Custer is in Anderson County, Tennessee, at 36.2584, -84.0133.

How many ghost towns are in Anderson County?

Anderson County, Tennessee has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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