Custer County, South Dakota
41 public bodies govern here, 2 school districts are based here, and USDA lists 0 farmers markets. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 8,892
- Median household income
- $84,112
- ±3,932
- Unemployed
- 2.3%
- 97 of 4,299 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 87.8%
- 3,907 of 4,451 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
County government 1
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Custer | 8,609 (2021) | 420 Mount Rushmore Rd, Custer | Website |
Cities, towns and villages 5
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Custer | 1,949 (2021) | 622 Crook St, Custer | Website |
| Town of Buffalo Gap | 134 (2021) | Po Box 295, Buffalo Gap | — |
| Town of Fairburn | 60 (2021) | Po Box 81, Fairburn | — |
| Town of Hermosa | 373 (2021) | Po Box 298, Hermosa | — |
| Town of Pringle | 107 (2021) | Po Box 139, Pringle | — |
Special districts 35
| Name | What it does | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Gap-Riverside Ambulance District | Health | 420 Mount Rushmore Rd, Custer | — |
| Custer Ambulance District | Health | Po Box 29, Custer | — |
| 2-Hour Road District | Highways | 12349 2 Hour Rd, Custer | — |
| Battle Mountain Road District | Highways | Po Box 647, Hot Springs | — |
| Beaver Lake Road District | Highways | 25328 Beaver Lake Road, Custer | — |
| Big Medicine Road District | Highways | 25043 Danby Park Trail, Custer | — |
| Big Sky Road District | Highways | 13894 Thistle Ridge Rd, Hermosa | — |
| Big Valley Trail Road District | Highways | 24939 Big Valley Trl, Custer | — |
| Brophy Road District | Highways | Po Box 165, Hermosa | — |
| Calendonia Road District | Highways | 420 Mount Rushmore Rd, Custer | — |
| Coolidge Road District | Highways | 24718 Coolidge Creek Dr, Hermosa | — |
| Danby Park Road District | Highways | 24956 Danby Park Trl, Custer | — |
| Deer Mountain Road District | Highways | P.o. Box 205, Lead | — |
| Deer Woods Road District | Highways | 12354 Rose Pl, Custer | — |
| Diamond E Road District | Highways | 11833 Diamond Rd, Custer | — |
| East Timber Ridge Road District | Highways | 24768 Timber Ridge Rd, Hermosa | — |
| Hay Creek Trail Road District | Highways | 11854 Hay Creek Rd, Custer | — |
| Heartland Country Ranchettes Road District | Highways | 25202 Wapiti Rd, Hermosa | — |
| Horse Shoe Spur Road District | Highways | 24679 Horseshoe Spur, Hermosa | — |
| Juniper-Skyline Heights Road District | Highways | 24529 Juniper Road, Hermosa | — |
| Lechner Road District | Highways | 12299 Bavarian Hills Dr, Custer | — |
| Lone Elk Road District | Highways | 11986 Lone Elk Drive, Hot Springs | — |
| Lucky Strike Road District | Highways | 25164 Renegade Pass, Custer | — |
| Mica Ridge Road District | Highways | 24948 Mica Ridge Rd, Custer | — |
| Northeast Box Canyon Road District | Highways | 24577 Outback Trail, Hermosa | — |
| Pony Express Road District | Highways | 12362 Pony Express Place, Custer | — |
| Red Spar Road District | Highways | 11696 Pleasant Valley Rd, Custer | — |
| Sunny Shades Road District | Highways | 25295 Sunny Dr, Custer | — |
| Weaver Subdivision Road District | Highways | 25394 Karish Place, Custer | — |
| Wittrock Road District | Highways | Po Box 448, Custer | — |
| Woodford Road District | Highways | 12038 Woodford Road, Custer | — |
| Battle Creek Fire District | Local fire protection | 13730 Sd Hwy 40, Hermosa | — |
| Fairburn Fire District | Local fire protection | Po Box 87, Fairburn | — |
| East Custer Sanitary Sewer and Water District | Sewerage | Po Box 6046, Custer | — |
| Custer County Conservation District | Soil and water conservation | 25363 Us Highway 385, Custer | — |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
Custer School District 16-1
School district6 schools
527 Montgomery St, Custer, SD, 57730
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Elk Mountain School District 16-2
School district2 schools
10222 Valley Rd, Edgemont, SD, 57735
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
USDA’s directory lists no farmers market in this county. That is not the same as there being none: a market that never registered with USDA, and was not found by its 2023 web sweep, is not in the directory.
In the counties that border this one
Black Hills Farmers Market (245 East Omaha St Rapid City)
Old Town Farmers Market (2nd St Upton) · Newcastle Farmers Market (Newcastle)
Which counties border which: U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File (2024), the file read 2026-09-26. Bordering is not distance — counties that touch at one corner border each other.
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.