Custer’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Custer. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCuster Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 893 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,006 to 893 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1979.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Custer yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Custer’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Custer’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCuster Milling Co, 1915: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Custer
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Custer, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Custer is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Custer has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Joseph M. Loop House in Sanilac, 13.6 miles away.
Custer and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Custer Milling Co (1915) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.