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Welcome to Butte Creek ...So far, we found very little information about Butte Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Butte Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Butte Creek, please Contact Us. Butte Creek would have been located within present day Garfield County<2>. The location of Butte Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> The pronunciation of Butte Creek: bewt<4> While we don't have a date for the founding of Butte Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913. A typical abbreviation for Butte Creek: Butte Crk. (or less commonly used: Butte Ck. or Butte Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Butte Creek is 2,920 feet [890 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the elevation of Butte Creek is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Butte Creek was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time If Butte Creek still existed, it would have been in the (406) area code. Communities Also Named Butte Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Montana communities named Butte Creek: This one is located in Garfield County and the other is located in Daniels County. Beyond Montana, there are 3 communities that are also named Butte Creek - they are located in California and Oregon. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Butte Creek. Communities near Butte Creek ...We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Butte Creek.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Butte Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Butte Creek. We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Butte Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Butte Creek. Adding Butte Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Butte Creek 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 for Butte Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Butte Creek. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/ Footnotes ...
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