 (This is the first article in a two-part series on services available to senior citizens in Custer County.) Custer County continues to age, and remains one of AmerÂicaâs older communities. The most current US Census Bureau tabulations note the county is home to 5,355 residents, a gain of slightly over 13% since 2020; just shy of 34% are age 65 plus, making us one of the oldest counties in America. âAgingâ itself should be a neutral concept, but in AmeriÂcan culture, unlike most of the worldâs cultures, âagingâ still carries a somewhat negative connotation. Illness, decrepiÂtude, purposelessness, over the hill, and on the way out, remain forefront in many folksâ mind when âagingâ comes up in conversation or in print. We trust this is not…