Welcome to Butterfly ...

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

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

Butterfly would have been located within present day Sullivan County<2>.

The location of Butterfly has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Butterfly, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Butterfly is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Butterfly was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Butterfly still existed, it would have been in the (423) area code.

Communities Also Named Butterfly ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Butterfly - they are located in Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska and New York.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Butterfly.

Communities near Butterfly ...

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

• Johnson City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
  • Johnson City is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
  • Former names for Johnson City:
  • Blue Plum Station
  • Haynesville
  • Johnsons Depot
  • Johnsons Tank
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <5>
• Kingsport
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsport
  • Kingsport is located in Sullivan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,112 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsport <5>
• East Ridge
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge
  • East Ridge is located in Washington County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
• Cross
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
  • Cross is located in Sullivan County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 11,330 people
• Mill Point
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Point
  • Mill Point is located in Sullivan County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 11,080 people
• Bloomingdale
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
  • Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
• Colonial Heights
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Heights
  • Colonial Heights is located in Sullivan County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,934 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Heights <5>
• Church Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Church Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
  • Church Hill is located in Hawkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,643 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Church Hill <5>
• Jonesborough
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesborough
  • Jonesborough is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,765 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesborough <5>
• Mount Carmel
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
  • Mount Carmel is located in Hawkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,255 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Carmel <5>

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

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

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

Adding Butterfly to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Butterfly in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Butterfly was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Butterfly post office opened in 1883.

We also found Butterfly in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Butterfly.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sullivan County: www.sullivancounty.org/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/