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Welcome to Buttsville ...

Buttsville is located in Grundy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buttsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

Buttsville is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Buttsville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Buttsville: 660

Communities Also Named Buttsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Buttsville - it's located in Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buttsville.

Communities near Buttsville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buttsville.

  • Trenton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bethany
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Princeton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jamesport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ridgeway
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Gilman City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cainsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cainsville is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
  • Galt
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Spickard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Laredo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Laredo is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people

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 Buttsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buttsville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buttsville. 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 Buttsville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Buttsville. See our Newspapers Page for Buttsville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buttsville ...

Looking for more information about Buttsville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Buttsville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Buttsville.

Adding Buttsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buttsville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Buttsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Buttsville post office opened in 1855. The Buttsville post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buttsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Grundy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buttsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/