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Welcome to Mud Butte ...

Mud Butte is located in Meade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mud Butte, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

Mud Butte is 2,870 feet [875 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Mud Butte is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Mud Butte (for example, toward Iron Lightning), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Mud Butte: 605

The ZIP code for Mud Butte: 57758<3>

Communities near Mud Butte ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Mud 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 Mud Butte. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mud Butte.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mud Butte ...

Looking for more information about Mud 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 Mud Butte, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Mud Butte.

Adding Mud Butte to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mud 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 Mud Butte was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mud Butte post office opened in 1917.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Meade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mud Butte - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Mud Butte). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Mud Butte or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/