Buttermilk, Arkansas

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Buttermilk, Arkansas
Buttermilk, Arkansas is located in Arkansas
Buttermilk, Arkansas
Buttermilk, Arkansas
Buttermilk's position in Arkansas.
Coordinates: 35°23′14″N 92°53′50″W / 35.38722°N 92.89722°W / 35.38722; -92.89722Coordinates: 35°23′14″N 92°53′50″W / 35.38722°N 92.89722°W / 35.38722; -92.89722
Country United States
State Arkansas
CountyPope County, Arkansas
Elevation
127 m (417 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID70941

Buttermilk is an unincorporated community in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.[1] The community's name was derived from an observer who saw the whitewash run off the Cumberland Presbyterian Church during a rain storm in 1840 and commented that it looked like buttermilk.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Buttermilk, Arkansas." USGS. Profile. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Deane, Ernie (1986). Arkansas Place Names. Branson, Missouri: The Ozarks Mountaineer. p. 94.


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