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Township in Illinois, United States

Custer Township
Township
Location in Will County
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Will
Established	Unknown
Area
• Total	26.35 sq mi (68.2 km)
• Land	25.75 sq mi (66.7 km)
• Water	0.61 sq mi (1.6 km) 2.31%
Population
• Estimate	1,415
• Density	55.5/sq mi (21.4/km)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	17-197-18199

Custer Township is located in Will County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,430 and it contained 612 housing units.

History

Custer Township was organized in 1886, and named after George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876), an American Civil War general and Indian fighter.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 26.35 square miles (68.2 km), of which 25.75 square miles (66.7 km) (or 97.72%) is land and 0.61 square miles (1.6 km) (or 2.31%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	1,415
U.S. Decennial Census

References

^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
Callary, Edward (September 29, 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Will County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Joliet
Cities	Aurora‡ Braidwood‡ Crest Hill Joliet‡ Lockport Naperville‡ Wilmington	Map of Illinois highlighting Will County
Villages	Beecher Bolingbrook‡ Braceville‡ Channahon‡ Coal City‡ Crete Diamond‡ Elwood Frankfort‡ Godley‡ Homer Glen‡ Lemont‡ Manhattan Minooka‡ Mokena Monee New Lenox Orland Park‡ Oswego‡ Park Forest‡ Peotone Plainfield‡ Rockdale Romeoville Sauk Village‡ Shorewood Steger‡ Symerton Tinley Park‡ University Park‡ Woodridge‡
Townships	Channahon Crete Custer DuPage Florence Frankfort Green Garden Homer Jackson Joliet Lockport Manhattan Monee New Lenox Peotone Plainfield Reed Troy Washington Wesley Wheatland Will Wilmington Wilton
CDPs	Andres Arbury Hills Bonnie Brae Crystal Lawns Custer Park Eagle Lake Fairmont Frankfort Square Goodenow Ingalls Park Lakewood Shores Lockport Heights Lorenzo Marley Plum Valley Preston Heights Rest Haven Ridgewood Ritchie Sunnyland Willow Brook Estates Wilton Center
Other communities	Ballou Pierce Polk Wilton
Ghost town	Goodings Grove Millsdale
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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