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Welcome to Butter Creek Junction ...

Butter Creek Junction is located in Morrow County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Butter Creek Junction: Butter Crk. Jct. (or less commonly used: Butter Ck. Jct. or Butter Cr. Jct.)

Butter Creek Junction is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Butter Creek Junction lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Butter Creek Junction: 541 & 458<3>

Communities near Butter Creek Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Butter Creek Junction.

  • Hermiston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Boardman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Stanfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Irrigon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Heppner
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Echo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Echo is located in Umatilla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 705 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <4>
  • Lexington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Alpine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Alpine is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Ordnance ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Ordnance is located in Umatilla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordnance
  • Hinkle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hinkle is located in Umatilla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Butter Creek Junction ...

Looking for more information about Butter Creek Junction? 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 Butter Creek Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Butter Creek Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Morrow, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Butter Creek Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Butter Creek Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Butter Creek Junction area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.