Custer home appraisals
Custer is a village of 272 on US 10, three miles east of Scottville. Zillow's typical value there was $225,155 in September 2026, up 8.7% over twelve months. Custer Township's census median owner value for 2020 to 2024 was $184,000, per Census Reporter. The Pere Marquette River passes just south of the village.
Reservation land, then a rail village
The federal government set aside a reservation where Custer now stands in 1855. The village was platted in 1878, incorporated in 1895 and named for George Armstrong Custer. A Lithuanian community began arriving around 1912. Sanders Meats opened in 1925 and St. Mary's Catholic Church in 1933. Just south of town, on the Pere Marquette River, the Mascouten and Odawa once fought a battle.
Fern, Ferryville and the Big South Branch
Custer Township covers about 35 square miles in central Mason County, with Scottville on its west edge and US 10 crossing east to west. South of it, Eden Township was organized in 1878 and named for the Garden of Eden. Fern grew up around a sawmill and got a station on the Mason and Oceana Railroad in 1886. Ferryville was first settled in 1875. In Logan Township, named for John A. Logan, the Big South Branch of the Pere Marquette flows from southeast to northwest.
Areas, lakes and neighborhoods in this file
- Village of Custer
- Custer Township
- Eden Township
- Fern
- Ferryville
- Logan Township
- Pere Marquette River
- Big South Branch Pere Marquette River