Custer County

Also known as Custer County, Nebraska, Custer County, NE

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Founded: February 17, 1877
Named after: George Armstrong Custer
Seat: Broken Bow
Largest city: Broken Bow
Total: 2,576 sq mi (6,670 km )
Land: 2,576 sq mi (6,670 km )
Water: 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km ) 0.01%
Estimate 2025: 10,500
Density: 4.06/sq mi (1.57/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst

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Custer County Custer County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 10,545. Its county seat is Broken Bow. The county was formed in 1877 and named after General George Armstrong Custer, who was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

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 state when the license plate system was established in 1922).