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Welcome to Round Butte ...

Round Butte is located in Lake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Round Butte, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.

Round Butte is 3,010 feet [917 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Round Butte is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Round Butte lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Round Butte: 406

Communities near Round Butte ...

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

  • Polson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ronan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Saint Ignatius
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hot Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Charlo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pablo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Kicking Horse
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kicking Horse is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kicking Horse
  • Kerr
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Kerr is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
  • Moiese
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Agency
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Agency is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agency

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Round Butte ...

Looking for more information about Round 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.

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

Adding Round Butte to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Round 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 Round Butte was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Round Butte post office opened in 1920. The Round Butte post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Round Butte.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Round Butte - 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/