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Welcome to Butlers Landing ...

So far, we found very little information about Butlers Landing. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Butlers Landing to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Butlers Landing, please Contact Us.


Butlers Landing would have been located within present day Clay County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Butlers Landing, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1888.

A typical abbreviation for Butlers Landing: Butlers Lndg. (or less commonly used: Butlers Lndng.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Butlers Landing for more information about variations on the name of Butlers Landing.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Butlers Landing is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Butlers Landing was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Butlers Landing (for example, toward Elgin), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The Area Code where Butlers Landing was located: 931

Communities near Butlers Landing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Butlers Landing.

  • Columbus Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Columbus Hill is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 36,071 people
  • Livingston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Thompsons Store
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Tompkinsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Celina
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Boiling Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Dodson Branch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Dodson Branch is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Branch
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,074 people
  • Gainesboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bangham Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bangham Village is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangham Village
    • Estimated population in 2014: 504 people
  • Gamaliel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Butlers Landing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Butlers Landing 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 Butlers Landing was on a map titled Map of Tennessee (from Rand McNally, 1888).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Butlers Landing.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Butlers Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Butlers Landing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.