Custer County, Nebraska Custer County, Nebraska Custer County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,939. 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 county when the license plate system was established in 1922). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of
Thomas Bailey Marquis the property. He began publishing his own pamphlets for sale at the museum and the Custer battlefield. Titles in 1933 were: "Sketch Story of the Custer Battle", "She Watched Custer's Last Battle", "Custer Soldiers Not Buried", and "Which Indian Killed Custer?", in 1934 "Sitting Bull and Gall the Warrior", and in 1935 "Two Days After the Custer Battle". In December 1933, Marquis began his last book, "Keep the Last Bullet for Yourself: The True Story of Custer's Last Stand". Marquis considered this his most important work – the subject was his central interest and he regarded much of his previous