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Custer
A township of 175 people in Lyon County, Minnesota
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Township in Minnesota, United States175Population
35.9 sq miArea
1,490 ftElevation
Custer Township is a township in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 220 at the 2000 census. Custer Township was organized in 1876, and named for George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876), a Civil War general and Indian fighter.
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Sanford Tracy Medical CenterTracy · 9.3 mi · ER · rural critical access
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