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Welcome to Study Butte ...

Study Butte is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

Study Butte is located in Brewster County<1>.

The pronunciation of Study Butte: stoody-BYOOT<2>

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

Study Butte is 2,540 feet [774 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Study Butte is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Study Butte lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Study Butte: 432

Communities near Study Butte ...

We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Study Butte.

  • Terlingua
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Castolon ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Castolon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castolon
    • Castolon is located in Brewster County
  • Lajitas
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Study Butte ...

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

Adding Study Butte to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Study 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 for Study Butte was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Brewster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Study Butte. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Study Butte - 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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/