Welcome to Buttersville ...
So far, we found very little information about Buttersville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Buttersville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Buttersville, please Contact Us.
Buttersville would have been located within present day Mason County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Buttersville, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Buttersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Buttersville is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Buttersville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel west from Buttersville (for example, toward Two Rivers (WI)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
If Buttersville still existed, it would have been in the (231) area code.
Communities near Buttersville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buttersville.
- Hart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Hart is located in Oceana County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,089 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <6>
- Scottville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottville
- Scottville is located in Mason County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
- Scottville has also been known as:
- Mason Center
- Sweetland
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scottville <6>
- Pentwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentwater
- Pentwater is located in Oceana County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pentwater <6>
- Custer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Custer is located in Mason County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
- Former names for Custer:
- Black Creek
- Ferryville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Custer <6>
- Fountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Fountain is located in Mason County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain <6>
- Free Soil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Soil
- Free Soil is located in Mason County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Free Soil <6>
- Piney Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
- Piney Ridge is located in Mason County
- Amber
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Amber is located in Mason County
- Amber has also been known as:
- Slaughtburg
- Meisenheimer Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meisenheimer Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meisenheimer Corners
- Meisenheimer Corners is located in Mason County
- Sugar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Sugar Grove is located in Mason County
- Sugar Grove has also been known as:
- Clark's Corners
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Buttersville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buttersville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buttersville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buttersville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Buttersville. See our Newspapers Page for Buttersville.
Adding Buttersville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Buttersville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Buttersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Buttersville post office opened in 1887.
We also found Buttersville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Buttersville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Buttersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Mason, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buttersville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |