Welcome to Butte ...Butte is located in Silver Bow County<1> and is the County Seat for Silver Bow County. The pronunciation of Butte: bewt<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Butte, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Butte is 5,530 feet [1,686 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Butte is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Butte lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Butte: 406 The ZIP codes for Butte: 59701-59703, 59707, 59750<4> Communities Also Named Butte ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Butte - they are located in Alaska, Alberta, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Utah. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Butte. Websites for Butte ...Chamber of Commerce: www.butteinfo.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Butte, the following might be of interest: Communities near Butte ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Butte.
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 Butte. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Butte. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Butte. 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 Butte. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Butte. Our list includes 75 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Butte. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Butte ...Looking for more information about Butte? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Butte, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Butte. Adding Butte to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Butte 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 (so far) for Butte was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Butte. Footnotes ...
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