Custer County, Oklahoma has 81 churches in the Churches List directory, 2 of them verified and 8 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 79 congregations and 21,315 adherents across 33 religious bodies in the county. That is 747 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 28,523 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | 14 | 7,769 | 272.4 |
| United Methodist Church | 9 | 3,331 | 116.8 |
| Catholic Church | 3 | 2,537 | 88.9 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 6 | 1,940 | 68.0 |
| Churches of Christ | 5 | 1,072 | 37.6 |
| Assemblies of God | 5 | 973 | 34.1 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 4 | 741 | 26.0 |
| US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches | 2 | 449 | 15.7 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | 1 | 432 | 15.1 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1 | 390 | 13.7 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | 2 | 172 | 6.0 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 1 | 172 | 6.0 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (28,523). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
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Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (21) · Non-Denominational (9) · Assemblies of God (5) · Catholic (5) · Church of Christ (5) · Christian (5) · United Methodist (4) · Methodist (4) · Mennonite (3) · Episcopal (2)
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Oklahoma counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Custer County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
FEMA has issued 32 disaster declarations covering Custer County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2024. The most frequent cause: severe storm (13 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
Directory listings are mapped to Custer County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.