Custer, Montana Custer, Montana Custer is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. The population was 145 at the 2000 census. This community bears the name of U.S. Army General George Armstrong Custer who was defeated and killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn, which took place nearby in 1876. Custer is located at (46.128870, -107.556302). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Custer has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. As of the census of 2000,
George Armstrong Custer took his own life. The common media image of Custer's appearance at the Last Stand—buckskin coat and long, curly blonde hair—is wrong. Although he and several other officers wore buckskin coats on the expedition, they took them off and packed them away because it was so hot. According to Soldier, an Arikara scout, "Custer took off his buckskin coat and tied it behind his saddle." Further, Custer—whose hair was thinning—joined a similarly balding Lieutenant Varnum and "had the clippers run over their heads" before leaving Fort Lincoln. George Armstrong Custer Custer developed a strong reputation during the Civil War. He