Four Buttes, Montana
Unincorporated community
Wildlife in Four Buttes, Montana
Wildlife in Four Buttes, Montana
Four Buttes is located in Montana
Four Buttes
Four Buttes
Four Buttes is located in the United States
Four Buttes
Four Buttes
Coordinates: 48°48′35″N 105°36′23″W / 48.80972°N 105.60639°W / 48.80972; -105.60639
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyDaniels
Elevation
2,484 ft (757 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code406
GNIS feature ID771546[1]

Four Buttes is an unincorporated village in Daniels County, Montana, United States. Four Buttes is located on Secondary Highway 248, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) west of Scobey. The community is named for a group of four large buttes to its west, which are better known as the "Whiskey Buttes", as they were once a rendezvous point for whiskey smugglers.[2] The village has a grain elevator, a gas station with 24-hour pumps, a post office and a restaurant. Google Maps didn't bother to visit the village en route from Scobey to Opheim.

Four Buttes was founded in 1926 as a stop on the Great Northern Railway. Residents built a grain elevator along the railroad, allowing area farmers to export their products.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Four Buttes". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 "Four Buttes". Montana Official State Travel Site. Montana Office of Tourism. Retrieved July 8, 2014.


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