Custer is a census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington. The population was 366 at the 2010 census.
History[]
Custer was named after its first postmaster, Albert W. Custer. Originally the town was located at the intersection of the current Valley View and Bay Roads. In 1890-1892 the town moved to the current location with the coming of the railroad.
Country singer Loretta Lynn was a resident of Custer in the 1950s and early 1960s when she was a young wife and mother at the start of her legendary career.
Geography[]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.8 square miles, all of it land.
Custer is located at 48°55′4″N 122°38′27″W (48.917705, -122.640880).
Birch Bay is located west, and Blaine to the northwest. Delta is to the northeast and Lynden and Greenwood are east. Laurel is southeast, Ferndale south, and Mountain View southwest.